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Coverage issued: October 28, 2021
<br />Permit expires: November 15, 2025
<br />M5400047
<br />Page 8 of 28
<br />their program. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />17.3
<br />Each calendar year, the permittee must provide a minimum of one (1) opportunity for the public to provide input on the
<br />adequacy of the SWPPP. The permittee may conduct a public meeting(s) to satisfy this requirement, provided appropriate
<br />local public notice requirements are followed and the public is given the opportunity to review and comment on the
<br />SWPPP. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />17.4
<br />The permittee must provide access to the SWPPP Document, annual reports, and other documentation that supports or
<br />describes the SWPPP (e.g., regulatory mechanism(s), etc.) for public review, upon request. All public data requests are
<br />subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. 13. [Minn. Stat. 13]
<br />17.5
<br />The permittee must consider oral and written input regarding the SWPPP submitted by the public to the permittee.
<br />[Minn. R. 7090]
<br />17.6
<br />Each calendar year, the permittee must provide a minimum of one (1) public involvement activity that includes a pollution
<br />prevention or water quality theme (e.g., rain barrel distribution event, rain garden workshop, cleanup event, storm drain
<br />stenciling, volunteer water quality monitoring, adopt a storm drain program, household hazardous waste collection day,
<br />etc.). [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />17.7
<br />The permittee must document the following information:
<br />a. all relevant written input submitted by persons regarding the SWPPP;
<br />b. all responses from the permittee to written input received regarding the SWPPP, including any modifications made to
<br />the SWPPP as a result of the written input received;
<br />c. date(s), location(s), and estimated number of participants at events held for purposes of compliance with item 17.3;
<br />d. notices provided to the public of any events scheduled to meet item 17.3, including any electronic correspondence
<br />(e.g., website, e-mail distribution lists, notices, etc.); and
<br />e. date(s), location(s), description of activities, and estimated number of participants at events held for the purpose of
<br />compliance with item 17.6. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />17.8
<br />The permittee must conduct an annual assessment of the Public Participation/Involvement program to evaluate
<br />program compliance, the status of achieving the measurable requirements in Section 17, and determine how the
<br />program might be improved. Measurable requirements are activities that must be documented or tracked as applicable
<br />to the MCM (e.g., public input and involvement opportunities, etc.). The permittee must perform the annual assessment
<br />prior to completion of each annual report and document any modifications made to the program as a result of the annual
<br />assessment. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />18.1
<br />MCM 3: Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE). [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />18.2
<br />New permittees must develop, implement, and enforce, and existing permittees must revise their current program as
<br />necessary, and continue to implement and enforce, a program to detect and eliminate illicit discharges into the MS4.
<br />The permittee must incorporate Section 18 requirements into their program. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />18.3
<br />The permittee must maintain a map of the permittee's MS4, as required in Section 14. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />18.4
<br />To the extent allowable under state or local law, the permittee must develop, implement, and enforce a regulatory
<br />mechanism(s) that prohibits non-stormwater discharges into the permittee's MS4, except those non-stormwater discharges
<br />authorized in item 3.2. A regulatory mechanism(s) for the purposes of the General Permit may consist of contract language,
<br />an ordinance, permits, standards, written policies, operational plans, legal agreements, or any other mechanism, that will
<br />be enforced by the permittee. The regulatory mechanism(s) must also include items 18.5 and 18.6, as applicable.
<br />[Minn. R. 7090]
<br />18.5
<br />For cities, townships, and counties, the permittee's regulatory mechanism(s) must require owners or custodians of pets to
<br />remove and properly dispose of feces on permittee owned land areas. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />18.6
<br />For cities and townships, the permittee's regulatory mechanism(s) must require proper salt storage at commercial,
<br />institutional, and non-NPDES permitted industrial facilities. At a minimum, the regulatory mechanism(s) must require the
<br />following:
<br />a. designated salt storage areas must be covered or indoors;
<br />b. designated salt storage areas must be located on an impervious surface; and
<br />c. implementation of practices to reduce exposure when transferring material in designated salt storage areas
<br />(e.g., sweeping, diversions, and/or containment). [Minn. R. 7090]
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