WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Outline of Madison's Stormwater Management Plan

In partial compliance with the Phase II MS4 Stormwater General Permit

March 2004

Background: The Connecticut DEP issued a General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems on January 9, 2004. Madison is eligible and required to register under this general permit. This registration is a two-part activity; Part A incorporates a simple contact information form and Part B requires an outline of the stormwater Minimum Control Measures to be used by the Town in six required areas. These Minimum Control Measures include the individual Best Management Practice(s) (BMP) to be used, the person who is responsible for implementing each BMP, the date by which each BMP will be implemented and the measurable goal by which each BMP will be evaluated. Part A is required by April 9, 2004, Part B is required by July 9, 2004 and all of the Minimum Control Measures are required to be completed by January 9, 2009. This document is intended to outline Madison's plan for implementing the Part B requirements for the six Minimum Control Measures.

Public Education and Outreach

• Booklet on Septic Systems, Drinking Water and Stormwater to be distributed to all Madison households through The Source.

• To be done by June 30, 2004 by John Bowers, Madison Health Director

• Receipt of “mailing” by the publisher

• Booklet on Septic Systems, Drinking Water and Stormwater to be put on the Madison Website

• Done; March 2004 by Madison's Webmaster

• Visually confirmed

• Booklet on Septic Systems, Drinking Water and Stormwater to be given out with every Certificate of Occupancy issued by Madison Building Department

• Begun January, 2004 and ongoing

• 200 plastic storm drain stencils to be glued to Town-owned storm drains primarily south of Route 1

• To be done by November 2004 by Robert Dahlstrom, Highway Dept. Supervisor

• Visually confirmed

• Video entitled “Don't Trash Grass” to be regularly run on Madison Community Cable TV

• Begun March 2004 and ongoing by Mac Walker, Town Sanitarian and Madison Community Cable TV

• Visually confirmed

• Information on how to protect Madison's beaches to be put on Madison Website

• Done March 2004 and ongoing by Mac Walker, Town Sanitarian and Madison Webmaster

• Visually Confirmed

• Information on and participation in Household Hazwaste Central to be put on Madison Website

• Done March 2004 and ongoing by Mac Walker, Town Sanitarian and Madison Webmaster

• Visually confirmed

• Purchase and display of “Long Island Sound” license plates on several Town vehicles

• Done by January 2004 and ongoing

• Visually confirmed

Public Involvement/Participation

• Coordination of annual Beach Cleanup Day

• Done every year by Public Works and Beach & Recreation Departments

• Preparation and dissemination of fact sheets to local boards and commissions, such as Planning & Zoning, Inland Wetlands, Board of Selectmen, Water Pollution Control Authority

• Begun June 2004 and sent annually every year after by John Bowers, Director of Health

• Invite members of above boards and commissions to sit on ad-hoc committee to further develop Madison's Stormwater Management Plan

• Hold first meeting by August 2004, meet quarterly thereafter; coordinated by John Bowers, Director of Health

• Keep minutes of discussions, action plans and compliance with schedules

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination

• Evaluate adequacy of existing regulatory authority to effectively prohibit non-stormwater discharges to the Town's stormwater system; improve authority through adoption of town ordinance if necessary.

• Review of existing town ordinances/authority by Attorney Richard Cramer by August 30, 2004.

• If existing authority found weak, develop and pass town ordinance delineating required authority; development of ordinance by Attorney Richard Cramer, Stewart MacMillan, Town Engineer, David Clark, Assistant Town Engineer and others in town employ by December 30, 2005; submit for town approval by March 2006.

• Train Town Public Works, Land Use and Health Department employees of negative potential impacts of illicit discharges and improper disposal of wastewater and to be observant for potential illegal connections to Town stormwater system.

• Training begun June 2004 by John Bowers, Director of Health and David Clark, Assistant Town Engineer; repeated annually in April.

• Training records for town employees will be kept on file.

• Provide public information noted above under “Public Education and Outreach” to highlight negative potential impacts of illicit discharges and improper disposal of wastewater.

• Begun March 2004 and ongoing by various people noted above.

• Develop map(s) (minimum scale 1”=2000', maximum scale 1”=100') showing all discharges from town-owned pipes equal to or greater than 15” in “Urbanized Area” of town , including details noted in Section 6 (a) (3) of the General Permit.

• Discharges (and all drainage structures) to be located by Public Works and Health Department personnel begun October 2003 and to be completed by December 30, 2005 .

• Map to be developed concurrently with location of discharges by Public Works Department.

• Add to map(s) noted above all discharges from town-owned pipes equal to or greater than 15” in the “non-urbanized area” of town , including details noted in Section 6 (a) (3) of the General Permit.

• Discharges (and all drainage structures) to be located by Public Works and Health Department personnel begun October 2003 and to be completed by December 30, 2006 .

• Map amendments to be made concurrently with location of discharges by Public Works Department

• Add to map(s) noted above all discharges from town-owned pipes equal to or greater than 12” in the “Urbanized Area” of town , including details noted in Section 6 (a) (3) of the General Permit.

• Discharges (and all drainage structures) to be located by Public Works and Health Department personnel begun October 2003 and to be completed by December 30, 2007 .

• Map amendments to be made concurrently with location of discharges by Public Works Department

• Provide a letter to contractors and developers that requires registration and Town inspection of any connection to a Town-owned drainage structure, such as catch basin or pipe (NOTE; no such connection can be approved that constitutes an “illicit” discharge).

• Initial letter sent out by July 2004, annually sent thereafter; prepared by David Clark, Assistant Town Engineer.

• Inventory of all such tie-ins developed already and to be maintained by John Bowers, Director of Health.

• Add to map(s) noted above all connections from private land to Town-owned drainage structures, such as catch basins or pipes, based on visual observation of catch basins and outlet structures, etc.

• Begun October 2003 and to be continued concurrently with mapping of discharges by Public Works and Health Department personnel to be completed by December 30, 2007.

Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control

• Develop internal office procedures to require construction site stabilization and/or installation of erosion control measures prior to initiation of building activity, as well as town inspection protocols.

• Procedures to be developed with the Public Works, Building, Planning & Zoning and Inland Wetlands Departments by August 2004. Procedures and inspections to be implemented by September 2004.

• Visual confirmation of less soil on town roads and in town catch basins due to construction.

• Train Town officials that routinely visit construction sites from the Assessor, Building, Health, Inland Wetlands, Planning & Zoning and Public Works Departments to look for evidence of erosion into town drainage structures.

• Begin training April 2004 and annual thereafter by David Clark, Assistant Town Engineer.

• Review need for an ordinance or modification to existing town regulations to formally address internal office procedures developed above.

• Review to be conducted by September 2005 by Attorney Richard Cramer, in consultation with other town departments noted above.

• If ordinance or modification to town regulations is required, Attorney Richard Cramer, in consultation with other town departments noted above, will develop regulation by December 2006 and submit for formal approval by appropriate town board or commission.

Post-Construction Stormwater Management in New Development/Redevelopment

• Review need for an ordinance or modification to existing town regulations to formally address potential stormwater impacts from new developments and redevelopment projects. Regulations must address minimizing the volume and velocity of runoff, reduction of sediment and other pollutants and inclusion of stormwater BMPs.

• Review to be conducted by September 2005 by Attorney Richard Cramer, in consultation with other town departments noted above.

• If ordinance or modification to town regulations is required, Attorney Richard Cramer, in consultation with other town departments noted above, will develop regulation by December 2006 and submit for formal approval by appropriate town board or commission.

Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations

• Train Town employees from Public Works and Facilities Departments and contractors that routinely work on Town public works projects techniques to prevent or reduce pollutant runoff.

• Begin training by April 2004 and continue annually thereafter and will be conducted by David Clark, Assistant Town Engineer. Seasonal employees will be trained within 5 days of hire.

• Development or modification of existing stormwater fact sheet(s) for contractors that work for the Town will be done by John Bowers, Director of Health by December 2004.

• Training records of town employees will be kept on file. Contractors will be asked to sign an acknowledgement of receipt of the fact sheet(s).

• Sweep all town streets once per year as soon as possible after snowmelt.

• Begun April 2004 and continuing by Public Works Department and private contractor.

• Sweep streets in the downtown area of Madison every two weeks from spring to fall.

• Begun and continuing by Public Works Department.

• Clean all town catch basins at least every other year.

• Begun April 2004 and continuing by private contractor through Public Works Department.

• Develop inventory of town stormwater control structures that require maintenance, repair, rebuild or replacement and prioritize needed repair work.

• Inventory begun October 2003 and to be developed concurrently with stormwater control structure mapping required above by Public Works and Health Department personnel.

• Repair work to be evaluated and scheduled by Public Works Department as needed.