EPA Audits · Arizona Department of Transportation EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2012-2004 Proceedings...
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Leigh Waite, CMS4S
Stormwater Program Coordinator
July 2014
Stormwater Practitioner’s Meeting
EPA Audits
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ADEQ Primacy in 2002
ADOT Consent Order in 2004
ADOT Individual Permit in 2008
ADOT Audited by EPA in 2010
ADOT Administrative Order in 2013
Regulated ADOT Key Dates
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Statewide, except Indian Country, and covers municipal, construction, and industrial activities
Comply with USEPA as appropriate on tribal lands
Arizona DOT Individual Permit
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Construction projects, maintenance yards, and industrial facilities in the Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson districts
Focused on • program implementation
• consistency at District level
• housekeeping
• inspections
• enforcement
What EPA Saw Audit
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Several Elements • knowledgeable of permit
requirements and SWMP
• implemented sound monitoring and sampling procedures
• local environmental staff knew local stormwater features and issues
Results Positive
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Employee education and training
• not fully developed and deployed to appropriate staff
Dry weather monitoring • procedures on paper not implemented, storm drain system not
100% mapped, inadequate IDDE program
Encroachment permit (MS4) • limited authority, improperly installed/ maintained BMPs
Contractor oversight and BMPs • lack of signatures on SWPPPs, no delegated authority, limited proof
of inspections
Maintenance yards • housekeeping, inappropriate use of BMPs, track out, and material
management
Results Deficiencies
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Mapping of outfalls
• completed 35% (of 44,000 drainage features)
Staffing to assist • hired four new team members, anticipate two more
Environmental Management System • purchased to track and report
Line by line • explained program deficiencies
• included supporting documentation
ADOT Response
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Teleconference with EPA/ADEQ
Receive draft Administrative Order on Consent DRAFT: 12/10/2012
UNITED STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION 9
IN THE MATTER OF:
Arizona Department of Transportation
EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2012-2004
Proceedings under Sections 308(a)
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT and 309(a) of the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1318(a) & 1319(a)
Summer 2012 – Christmas Eve
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Administrative Order on Consent
Mapping of ADOT features: outfalls and post-construction best management practices (P-C BMPs)
• revised definition of outfall
• reduced menu of P-C BMPs
Inspection and maintenance of outfalls and P-C BMPs
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Administrative Order on Consent
Enforcement of construction project requirements
• placement of contractor oversight
• oversee, direct, and conduct inspections of all construction activities initiated or controlled
• take appropriate enforcement actions to ensure compliance with the CGP and IP
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Deliverables Three
September 15, 2013
November 15, 2013
March 15, 2014
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE
Deadline Task Responsible
Organization
4/15/13 Ensure placement of contractor oversight and compliance personnel in all nine districts. SEO
Submit a report with the name and contact information for the designated Resident Engineer or
equivalent for each district.
SEO
5/15/13 Obtain a draft Water Quality Post-Construction BMP Manual from its consultant for review and
comment.
ES (coord W/SEO)
6/30/13 Provide comments on draft Water Quality Post-Construction BMP Manual to consultant. ES
8/30/13 Complete mapping of Task I AOC Outfalls (Globe, Holbrook, Phoenix). ES (coord W/FIS)
Complete Water Quality Post-Construction BMP Manual modifications. ES
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Tasks Also, Three
Outfall Task
• mapping, verifying, inspecting, and maintaining
Post-Construction BMP Task
• mapping, verifying, inspecting, and maintaining
Construction Oversight Task
• tracking inspections and reporting the date, the findings, and the remedial actions
http://www.azdot.gov/business/environmental-services-and-planning/water-quality/administrative-order-on-consent
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Outfalls
Features Inventory System (mapping)
• Asset management for all ADOT features
• Pipe openings, guardrail, signs
Desktop + Site Visit (verifying & inspecting)
• Basemap aerial
Documenting (maintaining)
• In FIS there is a rating; this will help staff prioritize the maintenance on a district or route level
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PC-BMPs
Revised PC-BMP Manual
• water quality benefit; only map if discharges
Priorities Established
• if a qualifying structure is associated with an outfall (PER AOC), map it
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Construction Oversight
Nine Districts
• completing routine SWPPP inspections
Documenting EXCEL spreadsheet
• AZCON #, date, finding, remediation
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Recommendations
Mock Audit
Document All Communications
Commitment**
Funding
REMEMBER – the audit is intended to help ensure conformance
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Questions