Public Construction Activities and Public Construction Activities and Long Term Maintenance Programs Long Term Maintenance Programs Regional Water Quality Control Board Workshop Regional Water Quality Control Board Workshop Draft Ventura County Stormwater Permit Draft Ventura County Stormwater Permit September 20, 2007 September 20, 2007 Jay Spurgin Jay Spurgin City of Thousand Oaks City of Thousand Oaks
Public Construction Activities Management Public Construction Activities Management Draft Permit § §5.G.I.1 5.G.I.1 Draft Permit “(a) Each Permittee (a) Each Permittee shall implement and shall implement and “ comply with the Planning and Land with the Planning and Land comply Development Program requirements in in Development Program requirements Part 5.E of this Order at at all all Permittee Permittee Part 5.E of this Order owned or operated public construction owned or operated public construction projects . .” ” projects � Why? Why? � � Example: Traffic signal construction Example: Traffic signal construction � project – – minimal disturbed area minimal disturbed area project
“(b) Each (b) Each Permittee shall implement and Permittee shall implement and “ comply with the Development comply with the Development Construction Program requirements in in Construction Program requirements Part 5.F. of this Order at at all all Permittee Permittee Part 5.F. of this Order owned or operated construction project owned or operated construction project � Example: Minor water line replacement Example: Minor water line replacement – – � minimal disturbed area; line, grade, capacity and minimal disturbed area; line, grade, capacity and original use of facility unchanged by construction original use of facility unchanged by construction activity activity
“(c) (c) Each Permittee shall obtain coverage under the Each Permittee shall obtain coverage under the “ CASGP for construction activities and projects that for construction activities and projects that CASGP are : : are (1) Covered under one (or more) Capital Covered under one (or more) Capital (1) Improvement Projects (including but not limited to (including but not limited to Improvement Projects street repaving, new streets, channel clearing) or street repaving, new streets, channel clearing) or contract, and that individually or and that individually or cumulatively cumulatively disturb disturb contract, 1 acre or more of land.. or more of land..” ” 1 acre � Projects that Projects that “ “ cumulatively cumulatively disturb 1 acre or disturb 1 acre or � more” ”? ? more � Public Capital Improvement Plans are not Public Capital Improvement Plans are not � like a “ “common plan of development common plan of development” ” in the in the like a private sector. private sector.
Long Term Maintenance Programs Long Term Maintenance Programs Draft Permit § §5.G.I.2(b) 5.G.I.2(b) Draft Permit “(b) (b) Each Permittee shall obtain coverage under Each Permittee shall obtain coverage under “ the CASGP no later than ( no later than (7 days 7 days after Order after Order the CASGP adoption date) for long for long- -term maintenance term maintenance adoption date) programs including maintenance of flood control including maintenance of flood control programs channels (such as vegetation removal), channels (such as vegetation removal), maintenance or replacement of streets, sidewalks, maintenance or replacement of streets, sidewalks, roads, and any other project the Permittee and any other project the Permittee roads, undertakes including all all Capital Improvement Capital Improvement undertakes including Projects (CIP) if either 1 or more acres of land are (CIP) if either 1 or more acres of land are Projects disturbed by grading, clearing or excavation disturbed by grading, clearing or excavation activities for an individual project or cumulatively or cumulatively activities for an individual project as a part of several projects involving a soil as a part of several projects involving a soil disturbance . .” ” disturbance
Recommendations Recommendations � The Ventura County Stormwater Permit The Ventura County Stormwater Permit � should require the Permittees to meet the should require the Permittees to meet the same permit requirements as those same permit requirements as those imposed on other (non- -permitted) public permitted) public imposed on other (non agencies and private companies. agencies and private companies. � Revise the draft permit language so that it Revise the draft permit language so that it � is consistent with the definition of is consistent with the definition of “construction construction” ”. . “
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