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Home My WebLink AboutOCSD 00-04 (REPEALED)' t RESOLUTION NO. OCSD 00-04 ESTABLISHING DRY SEASON URBAN RUNOFF POLICY A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT ESTABLISHING DRY SEASON URBAN RUNOFF POLICY ---- WHEREAS, certain types of dry season urban runoff create public health and/or environmental problems which are infeasible to economically or practically control; and, WHEREAS, THE Orange County Sanitation District ("District"} has available limited system capacity in its collection, treatment and disposal facilities which may allow the District to accept certain dry season urban runoff discharges without adversely affecting the District's primary function of collection, treatment and disposal of sanitary sewer discharges; and WHEREAS, the District does not have system capacity available to allow wet season discharges to the District's facilities; and WHEREAS, District has developed a Dry Season Urban Runoff Policy to address certain environmental concerns associated with dry season runoff; and, WHEREAS, District may accept dry season urban runoff, on a permanent basis, provided that the discharge occurs in full and complete compliance with the terms of the District's Dry Season Urban Runoff Policy. NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER: Section 1 : That the following Dry Season Urban Runoff Policy is established as a District Policy: POLICY FOR ACCEPTANCE OF DRY SEASON URBAN RUNOFF INTO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT SEWERAGE SYSTEM The Orange County Sanitation District ("District") may accept surface urban runoff into the sewerage system only during the period of April 15 through October 31 of each year ("dry season urban runoff') and only if the following requirements are met: utions\2000\00- REPEALED BY OCSD 00-22 A. Requirements for Obtaining Permission to Discharge 1. The dry season urban runoff diversion to the sewerage system shall address a public health or environmental problem associated with the runoff discharge that cannot be otherwise economically or practically controlled; 2. The dry season urban ·runoff diversion structure shall be designed and other neeessary provisions shall be implemented to exclude storm runoff during wet weather. The diversion structure shall be equipped with a lockable shut-off device, satisfactory to the District, and to which the District shall be provided access at all times; 3. The permit applicant shall consider and evaluate the feasibility of other disposal alternatives (i.e., discharging into storm drains, reuse and reclamation of the runoff, etc.) for the discharge of the dry season urban runoff. The permit applicant shall submit to the District a report, satisfactory to the District describing the evaluation of each disposal alternative, and demonstrating why each alternative is not economically or practically feasible to dispose of the proposed dry season urban runoff in lieu of sewer discharge; 4. The permit applicant's proposed diversion system shall prevent debris or any other pollutants of concern from entering the District's sewerage system. The permit applicant shall submit design drawings and an operations and maintenance plan for the proposed dry season diversion structure which shall be sufficient to establish that all District requirements will be met to prevent pass through of and/or interference with the District's sewerage facilities. The diversion system shall be capable of measuring and recording on a daily basis the flow discharged to the sewerage system; 5. The permit applicant shall submit best management practices and pollution prevention strategies designed to minimize or eliminate dry season urban runoff. More stringent practices and strategies may be required depending on the nature of the anticipated discharge; 6. The permit applicant shall submit to the District a proposed method to guarantee the existence of an enforceable mechanism to ensure that the District receives payment for all monies due pursuant to this policy for as tong as the permit exists. No permit application shall be complete without such an enforceable mechanism, satisfactory to the District in its sole discretion. This mechanism shall be designed to limit·any administrative burden on the District; 7. The General Manager, or his designee, may impose additional requirements as may be appropriate to reduce the burden on the District's collection, treatment and disposal facilities; 8. Collection, treatment and disposal of sanitary sewer discharges remain the 2 utions\2000\00- .J District's primary function. No additional dry season urban runoff permits shall be issued if the General Manager, or his designee, determines that such issuance may, alone or in conjunction with other permits, adversely affect the District's primary function; 9. Permit applicants shall pay a permit fee in an amount established by the District pri~r to the issuance of any permit; 10. Prior to commencement of discharge of the dry season urban runoff to the sewerage system, in accordance with the policies and procedures set by the District, the permit applicant must apply for and receive a Wastewater Discharge Permit from the District. The District may require that the permit applicant enter into an agreement setting forth the terms under which the dry season discharge is authorized in addition to or in lieu of issuance of the Wastewater Discharge Permit; and 11. The permit applicant shall indemnify and hold the District harmless from all liability associated with the dry season urban runoff to which the permit and/or agreement apply. The terms of the indemnification shall be in a form satisfactory to District's General Counsel; B. Requirements After Granting Permission to Discharge 1 . The quality and quantity of the discharge shall meet the conditions, provisions or limitations contained in the District's Wastewater Discharge Regulations (Ordinance No. OCSD-01 r; 2. The permittee shall conduct self-monitoring for the pollutants of concern as direct by the District to ensure compliance with the terms, conditions and limits set forth in the discharge permit and/or agreement and the District's Ordinances. Unless otherwise directed, the permittee shall conduct self-monitoring of the discharge on a quarterly basis. The result of all self-monitoring shall be submitted to the District, upon request, but in no event later than forty-five (45) days following the completion of sample analysis. The permittee shall monitor the flow and submit reports documenting the flow discharged as directed by the District; 3. In the event that the quality or quantity of the dry season urban runoff discharge to the sewerage system does not meet the conditions, provisions, or limitations set forth in the discharge permiUagreement or Ordinance No. OCSD-01, the permittee shall take immediate action to correct the problem( s) to ensure that full compliance is met. The District may take enforcement action for any violation of the terms of the p~rmit·and/or the District's Ordinances, including termination of the discharg~. in-acbOrdaric~ with the provisions of Ordinance No. OCSD-01; '. •\ . ' . •Any reference in this policy to any~OistiicfCJrdioance, policy or permit shall include any subsequent amendments, modif!d.ations,. r.evisions er~sliccessors to such ordinance, policy or permit. utions\2000\00- c - .... r'.'f~ ,.,,. ~·~::~" ... ;' .. : :: _ < ( ·< '-.. .-" . .. · r _,. 3 4. In accordance with Ordinance Nos. OCSD-01, OCSD-10, and OCSD-11, and any other current or future District Ordinances or policies, the permittee shall pay all the applicable fees and charges including but not limited to permit fees, sewer use charges, capital facilities charges, and noncompliance fees. Failure to pay any fees in a timely manner shall be cause for termination of the permit and discharge; 5. The permittee shall provide District's employees with access to the diversion location and all areas from which and through which runoff originates and/or flows, during all reasonable hours, which shall include any time when a discharge to the sewer system may be occurring, for purposes of inspection, monitoring, and verifying compliance with the discharge permit/agreement or the District's Ordinances; 6. The permittee shall have complete responsibility for the construction, operation and maintenance of the diversion facility or any other associated facilities, for ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the discharge permit/agreement and the District's Ordinances, and for paying all the applicable charges and fees for the entire duration of the discharge to the District's sewerage system; 7. All District administrative costs related to the implementation of this policy shall be borne by the permittee; 8. If the District determines that the dry season runoff, alone or in conjunction with other discharges, is adversely affecting or threatening to adversely affect the District's collection, treatment and/or disposal facilities, the District shall so notify the permittee who shall immediately cease all such discharge to the sewerage system. The District may, in its sole discretion, allow the continued discharge provided that the permittee installs, operates and maintains additional facilities as the District determines are appropriate to ensure that the dry season runoff does not, alone or in conjunction with other discharges, adversely affect or threaten to adversely affect the District's collection treatment and/or disposal facilities; and 9. Except as expressly authorized by this policy or a District Ordinance, no urban runoff shall be discharged directly or indirectly into the District's facilities. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held April 26, 2000. t : . ,\ ' . ·"'" ~ '-" j _,,. r ... ~ v '· .- '.r. ._, ''· -4 r utions\2000\00-~1 \_