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12/11/2007

STORMWATER COMPLIANCE

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Purpose

The purpose of this “Stormwater Compliance Requirement” information brochure is to provide business owners and operators of industrial and commercial facilities with a better understanding of Riverside County, State and Federal Industrial-Commercial Stormwater related requirements. This brochure discusses the stormwater issues, answers questions concerning the establishment of a required compliance-inspection program and provides additional sources of information that may be of assistance with business-facility stormwater compliance.

Federal and State requirements mandate the County of Riverside to implement a business-facilities stormwater compliance-inspection program. Scheduled inspections for site compliance are required to be conducted and the results reported to the State. In order to comply with this mandate, the Environmental Compliance Division of the Department of Building and Safety will begin conducting business-facility site inspections in early fall 2007. An initial site inspection will be performed in order to evaluate the business-facilities impact on water quality. The initial inspection will determine the business-facility overall site stormwater compliance and based on the issue discussed in the next section, develop a site inspection priority and establish the frequency for subsequent inspections.

The Stormwater Issue

A number of pollutants make their way into the storm drainage system and local waters on a daily basis from businesses that process activities, store equipment and/or materials that may create outdoor wastes. Federal and State statistics document sediments, motor oil, grease, chemicals, food, animal waste, and wastewater from cleaning activities as being among those pollutants that often enter storm drainage systems specifically from business activities. When pollutants are introduced into a storm drainage system, treatment for pollution removal is not provided and the pollutants are able to flow directly into local waters. These pollutants degrade our water quality and harm aquatic life.

Business owners and facility operators must prevent prohibited discharges to the storm drainage systems of Riverside County and implement measures to continually reduce pollutant sources associated with their everyday activities.

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