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Storm Water Pollution and
Oil Spill Prevention
Photo of
marina, discharge to ditch,
storm water runoff to sewer, silt fencing along construction area, and poor drum storage. |
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Marina
presents spill potential. Spill prevention and storm water pollution
prevention requirements must be met. |
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What are the penalties for non-compliance?
Under Section 309 of the CWA,
penalties for violating the permit or not having a permit to discharge into
the waters of the U.S. may be up to $27,500 per violation per day. Under
Section 311, a Class I penalty may be assessed in an amount of up
to $10,000 per violation, not to exceed $25,000; a Class II penalty
may be assessed in an amount of up to $10,000 per day per violation, but not
to exceed $125,000. (Source EPA)
Fines can go up to $32,500
per violation per day. Check out proposal
$32,500.
CWA
Enforceable Requirements
EPA-Clean Water Act Statute, Regulations &
Enforcement
"EPA Finding Many Industrial Dischargers Failing to Obtain
Storm Water Permits as Law Requires" Volume
4, Number 1 (January 2001)
(PDF, 156 KB, 6 pages)
 Discharge to ditch
Additional information on
storm water runoff from EPA site.
More on storm
water runoff.
06/07/2001
U.S. REACHES WATER POLLUTION SETTLEMENT WITH WAL-MART
Additional enforcement information - click link
EPA
Further Extends Effective Date of Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasure Requirements That Were Finalized in December 2008 |
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Savannah Environmental Consulting, Inc. (SEC)
professional engineer
(PE) can help you
develop
a certified
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC)
Plan.
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SEC
can help you prepare
a facility response plan (FRP) and storm water pollution prevention plan
(SWPPP or SWP3).
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Need help with your storm water discharge Notice of Intent (NOI)
submission,
TDMLs, other environmental reporting,
or response to a
Notice of Violation (NOV)?
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Need help with the development of Best Management Practices (BMP) for your
site?
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Check out
other
Services for more information.
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Contact SEC for help
with simple interceptor and oil water separators!
Does
your storm water runoff into sewer grate inlet have an oil sheen? If yes
you need to develop a BMP.
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Storm water runoff from construction area to sewer catch basin, due to
lack of BMPs. A silt fence or other pollution prevention controls
are required.
Contact SEC for latest news on TDMLs and industrial storm water
requirements.
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Above
photo shows a silt
fence or best management practice (BMP), that is not performing as designed at construction site. |
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Parking lot stormwater runoff, if contaminated,
may impact adjacent ditch. |
Break in silt fencing along construction
area allowing stormwater runoff to leave site.
Best management practices (BMPs) to
prevent pollution are required for construction and industrial sites. |
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Marinas and other
industrial facilities may be subject to storm water permitting, based on the SIC code (see above
link for code). If facility is covered, it must develop a storm water pollution prevention plan
(SWPPP or SWP3). Contact SEC for preparation of SWPP plans. |
Silt fence failure with wash out to
water
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Last modified: April 2, 2009
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