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ENV Conference September 14, 2017

TXDOTMS4 PROGRAMAdrienne Boer, CFM, CPESC, PMP

Program Manager

Operations Compliance

TxDOT Environmental Affairs


TxDOT MS4 Program

What should MS4 Coordinators be doing right now?

What should ENV be doing right now?

What is ENV doing (^^hopefully that ^^) right now?

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TxDOT Statewide Permit

Statewide Permit = MS4 regulated area, not all roads in the state

Streamlined 34 permits into 1 statewide permit

Simplifies reporting (1 report per year vs. 34)

Standardizes statewide SWMP specific to TxDOT operations

Focuses where TxDOT has authority and influence

– No ordinance development capability

– Limited legal authority, only within ROW

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How is Statewide Permit different?

Modeled after Phase II Permit

– Includes requirements from Phase I permits

– Anti-backsliding

– Includes new Phase II areas from 2010 census

Focus on programmatic enhancements for IDDE

Facility inspections

Mapping permanent controls

Enhanced TMDL requirements

Enhanced training requirements

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Highlighting what we have we learned

3rd Party outfalls

– Coordinating with adjacent MS4s is key

Investigating and monitoring 3rd party outfalls will provide greater water

quality improvements and measures of SWMP effectiveness

20 years of Phase I characterization monitoring has met the objective

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Annual Reporting


Annual Reporting

One Annual Report for statewide permit

Completed at district level for district’s activities

Completed by ENV for statewide activities

– Ex. Compass data, DMWT, mapping, etc.

Roll-up of district activities into overall statewide program

.xls spreadsheet format

– Ease of use, no special software

Distribution of activities to TCEQ Regions

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What are we Required to Report?

5 MCMs

– Public Education/Outreach, IDDE, Construction, Post-Construction, Good

Housekeeping

See Table *.1 in SWMP

Note “Responsible Staff” column

– Indicates who is the lead on the annual reporting

– Indicates if ENV and District need to coordinate reporting

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First Annual Report

December 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017

AND

Activities completed on old permits that are not yet reported

– Just report activities.

– Keep it simple. No narrative reports

Activities on Old Permit =

– Phase II permits = August 13, 2016 – November 30, 2016

– Phase I permits = time frame varies (see following)

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First Annual Report

Permit requirement language:

– “The first annual report must include interim months between last

reporting periods of expired permits to the permit effective date of this

permit.”

– “The permittee shall submit a concise statewide annual report…”

If you have already reported the activity on an annual report, there is no

need to report it again.

There is no need for a narrative report. Just the facts/data

Will be an attachment to the Statewide Annual Report

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Phase I Permit Activities Not Yet Reported

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Phase I Permit Activities to report on Annual Report

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Abilene – January 2016

Austin – July 2016

Amarillo – October 2016

Arlington – October 2016

Beaumont – September 2016

Corpus Christi – November 2016

Dallas – September 2016

El Paso – February 2016

Fort Worth – August 2016

Houston – August 2016

Laredo – September 2016

Lubbock – June 2016

Pasadena – September 2016

San Antonio – October 2016

Waco – August 2016

**Check your permit’s

reporting period for

specifics**


Annual Report Template



Division-level:

– GIS

• Outfall mapping, IDDE

– Maintenance

• Mowing, illegal dumping, Adopt-a-Highway, vegetation control

– Public Information Office

• Don’t Mess with Texas, public outreach

District-level:

– Fill-in-the-blank preformatted templates specific to a point of contact

– As automated as possible for ease of use and consistency

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Yellow box = data field



Undergoing QC

Once final, will roll out to districts and provide hands-on training

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Other Tools


Map Viewer

http://txdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1d5da6a7

9a124f1c8840554ce78d427f

– Search arcgis.com for “TxDOT MS4 areas”

Provides 2000 and 2010 Census Areas

Displays outfalls

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http://txdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1d5da6a79a124f1c8840554ce78d427f


Map Viewer

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Map Viewer

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Stormwater Hub!

https://txdot.sharepoint.com/sites/division-

ENV/stormwater/hub/SitePages/Home.aspx

Insert screen captures

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https://txdot.sharepoint.com/sites/division-ENV/stormwater/hub/SitePages/Home.aspx


MS4 Coordinator Handbook

Guidance to complete annual

report

Record-keeping

Document recommendations for

SWMP updates

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MS4 Coordinator Handbook Table of Contents

Each MCM

– Definitions & Permit requirements

– Checklists for information

– List of contacts

Tables from SWMP

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Need Help?

Contractors available

ENV staff available

Contact ENV

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TxDOT MS4 Program

What should ENV be doing right now?

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Questions?

Adrienne Boer, CFM, CPESC, PMP

TxDOT Environmental Affairs

(512) 416-2605

[email protected]

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