Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14011450
Permit Number 14011450
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Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2014-03-05 09:32:54FAILED:
  
 PLEASE BE ADVISED, THE CITY'S NPDES MS4 PERMIT
 AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO DISCHARGE STORMWATERS OF THE
 STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
 PROGRAMS (SWMP).
  
 THE SWMP INCLUDES POLLUTION PREVENTION MEASURES,
 TREATMENT OR REMOVAL TECHNIQUES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE
 MEANS TO CONTROL THE QUALITY OF STORMWATER DISCHARGED
 FROM THE MS4.
  
 ONE COMPONENT OF THE SWMP IS TO REDUCE THE DISCHARGE OF
 POLLUTANTS IN STORMWATER REDEVELOPED AREAS CONSISTENT
 WITH THE SFWMF ERP REQUIREMENTS.
  
 PER SFWMD CRITERIA, ALL PROJECTS SHALL PROVIDE ONSITE
 RETENTION FOR A VOLUME EQUIVALENT TO THE FIRST INCH OF
 RUNOFF FROM THE DEVELOPED PROJECT, OR THE TOTAL RUNOFF
 OF 2.5 INCHES TIMES THE PERCENTAGE OF IMPERVIOUSNESS,
 WHICHEVER IS THE GREATER.
  
 THE ABSENCE OF ANY STORMWATER BMP FOR THE SITE ALLOWS
 THE BOTH THE WATER VOLUME AND CONTAMINANT/POLLUTANT
 LOAD TO ENTER OUR SYSTEM UNTREATED. WHILE WE BELIEVE
 OUR EXISTING SYSTEM IS
 SUFFICIENT TO SERVICE THE STORMWATER VOLUME FOR THE
 PROPOSED REDEVELOPED USE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE FIRST
 FLUSH FROM THE PARKING AREA CONTAINS 90% OF THE
 CONTAMINANT/POLLUTANT LOAD FROM RAIN EVENTS AND THIS
 LOADING IS TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY?S STORMWATER SYSTEM.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW ALL OPTIONS INCLUDING THE USE OF
 STRUCTURAL BMP'S AND ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF USING
 NON-STRUCTURAL BMP'S (SWALE ON-SITE AREAS) TO OBTAIN
 YOUR STORM WATER QUALITY.
  
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 SEC. 90-203.? PROHIBITED DISCHARGES; ILLICIT
 CONNECTIONS.
 (A)???GENERAL PROHIBITION.? EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
 SECTION 90-205, AND EXCEPT PURSUANT TO A VALID NPDES
 PERMIT, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO DIRECTLY
 OR INDIRECTLY DEPOSIT, DISCHARGE, SPILL, OR DUMP INTO
 ANY OF THE PUBLIC WATERS OR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM
 SEWER SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY, ANY SUBSTANCE OTHER THAN
 THAT COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF STORMWATER.?
 (B)???SITE OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.? EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
 IN SECTION 90-205, ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DISCHARGE
 FROM A SITE OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY TO THE SEPARATE
 STORM SEWER SYSTEM OWNED BY THE CITY WHICH DOES NOT
 COMPLY WITH, OR IS NOT PURSUANT TO, A VALID NPDES
 PERMIT IS PROHIBITED.?
 (C)???ILLICIT CONNECTIONS.? NO PERSON MAY MAINTAIN, USE
 OR ESTABLISH ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONNECTION TO THE
 STORMWATER SYSTEM THAT RESULTS IN ANY DISCHARGE IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS PROHIBITION IS
 RETROACTIVE AND APPLIES TO CONNECTIONS MADE IN THE
 PAST, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER MADE UNDER A PERMIT, OR
 OTHER AUTHORIZATION, OR WHETHER PERMISSIBLE UNDER LAWS
 OR PRACTICES APPLICABLE OR PREVAILING AT THE TIME THE
 CONNECTION WAS MADE.?
 (CODE 1979, ? 32-18)
  
 MANUEL JULIAN GONZALEZ
 ENGINEERING PROJECT COORDINATOR
 ENGINEERING SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
 401 CLEMATIS STREET, 4TH FLOOR
 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401
 (MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 3366, ZIP 33402)
 MAIN PHONE: (561) 822-1200
 DIRECT: (561) 494-1085
 FAX: (561) 494-1116
 MOBILE: (561) 644-7301
 EMAIL: [email protected]
 WWW.WPB.ORG/ENGINEERING
  
  
  


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