Santa Ana Region Annual Report - Riverside County Flood Control

180 Pages·2012·2.82 MB·English

2011-2012
A P R
NNUAL ROGRESS EPORT

TO THE
SANTA ANA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD

SARWQCB ORDER NO. R8-2010-0033
NPDES NO. CAS 618033

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

BY THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT,
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AND CITIES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY (SANTA ANA REGION)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The District would like to thank the following agencies and their stormwater program
representatives for supplying information used in the 2011-2012 Annual Report.

Beaumont Mr. Kishen Prathivadi

Calimesa Mr. Bob French

Canyon Lake Ms. Annie Rivera

Corona Mrs. Michele Hindersinn

Eastvale Mr. Joe Indrawan

Hemet Ms. Linda Nixon

Lake Elsinore Ms. Rita Thompson

Menifee Mr. Don Allison

Moreno Valley Mr. Kent Wegelin

Norco Ms. Lori Askew

Perris Mr. Michael Morales

Riverside Mr. Michael Roberts

Riverside County Mr. Mike Shetler

San Jacinto Mr. Tim Hults

Special thanks to Ms. Charlene Warren for her assistance with compiling and assembling both the
reporting information and the report itself.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... I-1
Reporting Format ............................................................................................................................ I-9
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................1-2
1. PROGRAM ORGANIZATION .....................................................................................................1-1
Management Steering Committee ............................................................................................1-3
Technical Advisory Committee ................................................................................................1-5
Sub-Committees .......................................................................................................................1-7
2. FISCAL ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................2-1
Permittee Budgets And Expenditures .......................................................................................2-2
Area-Wide Programs ................................................................................................................2-3
Funding Sources .......................................................................................................................2-4
Santa Ana Watershed Benefit Assessment Area ................................................................2-4
County Service Area 152 ...................................................................................................2-5
Street Sweeping Assessment..............................................................................................2-5
Utility Charge ....................................................................................................................2-6
General Fund / Other Revenues .........................................................................................2-6
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................................................3-1
3. LEGAL AUTHORITY ...................................................................................................................3-1
4. RIVERSIDE COUNTY DRAINAGE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN .......................................4-1
Program Implementation and Evaluation .................................................................................4-2
5. ILLICIT CONNECTIONS/ILLEGAL DISCHARGES .................................................................5-1
Actions to Investigate and Eliminate IC/ID .............................................................................5-1
Trash and Debris Control Measures .........................................................................................5-1
Litter BMP Review and Assessment ........................................................................................5-1
6. PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ......................................................6-1
Inventory Database ...................................................................................................................6-1
Inspector Training Requirements .............................................................................................6-2
7. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOURCES ........................................................................7-1
Current Industrial and Commercial Facility Inspections ..........................................................7-1
Compliance Assistance Program ..............................................................................................7-1
Industrial/Commercial Facility Database .................................................................................7-2
Inspection Requirements ..........................................................................................................7-3
Industrial/Commercial Facility Inspector Training ..................................................................7-4
8. PERMITTEE FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES ............................................................................8-1
Permittee Facilities Strategy .....................................................................................................8-1
Criteria for MS4 Inspection and Maintenance .........................................................................8-1
BMP Siting Study .....................................................................................................................8-2
MS4 Maintenance Program ......................................................................................................8-3
Fertilizer/Pesticide Applicator Training Requirements ............................................................8-3

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Effectiveness Assessment .........................................................................................................8-4
9. DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ......................................................................................................9-1
Water Quality Management Plan .............................................................................................9-1
Hydromodification ...................................................................................................................9-7
10. PUBLIC EDUCATION and OUTREACH................................................................................... 10-1
Watershed Specific Educational Activities Conducted During the Reporting Period ...........10-1
11. MONITORING .............................................................................................................................11-1
12. PROGRAM EVALUATION ........................................................................................................12-1
Program Evaluation ................................................................................................................12-1
Effectiveness Assessment and Reporting ...............................................................................12-9
13. RESIDENTIAL ............................................................................................................................13-1

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LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND EXHIBITS:

Figure I-1 Map of Permit Area ............................................................................................. I-10
Figure 1-1 Organizational Chart – Riverside County NPDES Municipal Stormwater
Permits .................................................................................................................. 1-2
Table 1-1 Attendance at NPDES Santa Ana MSC Meetings ................................................. 1-4
Table 1-2 Attendance at NPDES Santa Ana TAC Meetings ................................................. 1-6
Table 2-1 Permittee Budgets and Expenditures ..................................................................... 2-3
Table 2-2 Budgets and Expenditures – Area Wide Programs (Santa Ana Region) ............... 2-4
Table 3-1 Legal Authority ...................................................................................................... 3-2
Table 4-1 Program Implementation and Evaluation .............................................................. 4-3
Table 5-1 Illicit Connections/Illegal Discharges .................................................................... 5-2
Table 6-1 Construction Activities Summary Table ................................................................ 6-3
Figure 6-1 Construction Site Inventory Database ................................................................. 6-13
Figure 6-2 Example Construction Site Inspection Form ....................................................... 6-14
Figure 7-1(a) Food Facility Stormwater Compliance Survey ...................................................... 7-6
Figure 7-1(b) Hazardous Waste/Hazardous Materials Facility Stormwater Compliance Survey
Form ....................................................................................................................... 7-8
Figure 7-2 Industrial and Commercial Facilities Spreadsheet Template............................... 7-10
Figure 7-3 NPDES Stormwater Inspection Form .................................................................. 7-11
Table 7-1 Industrial Commercial Activities Summary Table .............................................. 7-12
Table 8-1 Permittee Facilities and Activities ......................................................................... 8-5
Table 9-1 Department Responsible for Conditions of Approval ........................................... 9-6
Table 12-1 Program Implementation and Evaluation ............................................................ 12-2
Table 13-1 Residential............................................................................................................ 13-2

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SECTION
List of Tables, Figures and Exhibits (cont.):

APPENDICES ON CD/DVD:

A – NPDES Meetings
• MSC meeting agendas and minutes
• TAC meeting agendas and minutes
• Other meeting agendas when available
• SMC Annual Project Report
• CASQA Annual Report
• Lake Elsinore/Canyon Lake TMDL Task Force
• Middle Santa Ana River Task TMDL Task Force
• SWQSTF
B – Training Attendance
• Sign-in sheets for District-sponsored Training
C – Household Hazardous Waste Collection Report
• Report
D – Hazardous Material Response Team Report
• Report
E – Public Education
• Images of most public education materials
• Webpage counter report
• S. Groner Associates Annual Report
• Impressions, attendance and other measures of effectiveness
• NPDES Complaints received by District Staff
F – Program Evaluation and Fiscal Analysis
• Debris Removed from MS4
G – 2011 Implementation Agreement
H - Unified Sanitary Sewer Spill Response Procedure Update
I - Annual Report of the Comprehensive Bacteria Reduction Plan (CBRP)
J - Permittee Reports
K - Regional Treatment Control BMP Procedure
L - Intent to Comply, New Cities

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INTRODUCTION

On January 29, 2010 the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (SARWQCB) issued a
"Fourth-term" area-wide National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal
Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Stormwater Permit (2010 MS4 Permit) to the Riverside
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (District), the County of Riverside
(County) and the Cities of Beaumont, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Corona, Hemet, Lake Elsinore,
Menifee, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Perris, Riverside, San Jacinto and Wildomar (Cities),
for the portion of the Santa Ana River Watershed located within Riverside County (Order No. R8-
2010-0033). The 2010 MS4 Permit continues with designating the District as the Principal
Permittee. The County and incorporated Cities are designated as Co-Permittees. Figure I-1 shows
the portion of Riverside County that is within the jurisdiction of the SARWQCB.

The 2010 MS4 Permit incorporates several new programs addressing Low Impact Development,
hydromodification, Permittee public works projects, Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination,
mobile businesses, watershed scale planning, urban and MS4 retrofit, De-Minimus and General
Construction Permit coordination and program effectiveness assessment. The Permittees are also
required to develop Permittee specific implementation manuals called Local Implementation Plans.
The Local Implementation Plans describe the specific tools, processes, procedures and resources
used by the Permittees to implement the DAMP. The Permittees generally have eighteen months
to develop these programs and as such will be reporting on the implementation of the new Permit
programs in this annual progress report.

During tFiscal Year 10/11, Eastvale residents voted for cityhood and the city has incorporated.
Jurupa Valley residents voted for cityhood in 2011. Both cities expressed their intent to be a Co-
Permittee of the Santa Ana Region Riverside County MS4 Permit in letters to the SARWQCB
dated March 27, 2012 and December 21, 2011, respectively.

Recent Permittee activities have been focused on developing programs to comply with the 2010
MS4 Permit, and addressing TMDL impaired water bodies such as Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore,
and the Middle Santa Ana River. The Permittees have developed Task Forces, pursued grants, and
re-evaluated their compliance programs as necessary to ensure that urban runoff does not
contribute to these impairments.

Major program updates and accomplishments described in this report include:

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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION
• The most significant activity conducted during this fiscal year was the continued
development of the revised Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP), WQMP
Template, Transportation Project Guidance, Revised Consolidated Monitoring Program
and Local Implementation Plan template to address the 2010 MS4 Permit.
• Continued participation in the Santa Ana "One Water One Watershed" (OWOW)
planning process which focuses on establishing regional solutions for water problems
within the Santa Ana Watershed and is intended to develop linkages between all water
interests. The objective of OWOW is to encourage and secure resources for the
development of multi-benefit projects that use resources and expertise from across
disciplines.
• Active participation with California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) with
leadership roles in the organization. Specifically: Jason Uhley, Board Member from
2010-present, Legislative Chair since 2003, Treasurer since 2010 and Conference Chair
in 2009 and 2010. District staff have also actively participated in the Monitoring &
Science, Legislative, Pesticides and Construction Sub-committees.
• Continuation of the Permittees' Management Steering Committee bi-annual meetings.
The Management Steering Committee is facilitated through the Western Regional
Council of Government’s (WRCOG) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) which
consists of the City Managers, Directors of Public Works and other essential Co-
Permittee staff. The. Program updates provided to the WRCOG TAC address Urban
Runoff management policies for the Permit Area and coordinate the review and
necessary revisions to the DAMP, Implementation Agreement, development of the
WQMP, and updates regarding CBRP and CNRP implementation. In addition, the
Management Steering Committee facilitates coordination with other water quality
management and monitoring programs, and responds to new legislative and regulatory
initiatives.
• Continued participation in the CASQA Pesticide Sub-committee. The CASQA Pesticide
Sub-committee addresses pesticide uses that can impact stormwater discharges and
focuses on providing input to the USEPA and the California Department of Pesticide
Regulation (DPR) to improve implementation of pesticides regulations so that pesticides
more fully protect water quality and are better aligned with the Clean Water Act and
California Water Code. District staff's roles included:
 On behalf of the Permittees, District staff provided input and comments on
several letters to DPR regarding proposed Pesticide Working Group Studies and
DPR- and USEPA- proposed voluntary Pesticide Labeling modifications.
 District staff was selected to, on behalf of the Permittees, be one of two
representatives from Southern California on a state-wide committee to develop a

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guidance policy for the proposed Statewide Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET)
Testing Policy.
 The District has also actively participated and funded efforts by the CASQA
Pesticides Sub-committee to have designated consultants working for the sub-
committee regularly meet with California Department of Pesticide Regulation
and US EPA staff regarding these pending regulations and studies.
• The Technical Advisory Committee meetings between the Santa Ana Region and Santa
Margarita Region have been split. It was recognized that the Santa Margarita Region
Copermittees would be better served through their own separate (and local) Technical
Advisory Committee.

MONITORING
• Participated in the Bacterial Source Identification Study for the Middle Santa Ana River.
• Through the Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC), the Permittees participated in the
following projects:
 The Regional Watershed Monitoring Program (RWMP) to address key questions
regarding the health of Receiving Waters in Southern California. The Permittees
are currently implementing the bioassessment component (titled "Implementing a
Regionally Consistent and Integrated Freshwater Stream Bioassessment
Monitoring Program") of the program, aimed at evaluating the health of perennial
streams in the San Jacinto and Middle Santa Ana River Watersheds. The Post-
Wildfire Monitoring Program to facilitate integrated regional assessment in order
to more effectively document the effects of Wildfires, improve regional
coordination, and provide a mechanism to communicate the acquired information
to municipal, water quality, and other program managers.
 The Data Compilation Study to develop a common water quality data
infrastructure in Southern California in order to combine data from different MS4
water quality monitoring programs to assess impacts and problems, quantify
trends, evaluate the effectiveness of alternative solutions to water quality
problems, and establish reference conditions on a regional scale.
 The Laboratory Intercalibration Study to determine the coefficient of variation
between laboratories and their analyses of a range of constituents. This project
involves the submittal of blind water quality samples to measure variability of
the analyses within and between participating laboratories. An intercalibration
study of toxicity analyses is anticipated in the near future.
 The District’s Low Impact Development (LID) Project that aims to develop a
comprehensive program to incorporate LID strategies and techniques into the
planning and design of public and private sector projects. This LID Project will

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