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MCM 4 : POLLUTION PREVENTION / GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ( PP / GH ) FOR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS

I . Pollution Prevention / Good Housekeeping Program

The City of Arlington has been under continuous MS4 coverage since 1998 , therefore some of the components of this MCM such as reduction of pollutants from pesticide , herbicide , and fertilizer use , the maintenance of structural controls , and waste handling procedures were previously established prior to this new program element . For the remaining requirements ( employee training and discharge reduction from municipal facilities and operations ), staff has initiated facility inspections and begun employee training with the goal of preventing and / or reducing pollutant runoff .

The City of Arlington PP / GH program is three phased to include facility inspections , training , and operations assessments and certification . Environmental Specialists within the Stormwater Management Division , Environmental Management Group are responsible for conducting PP / GH inspections for all city owned and operated facilities . There are 90 identified PP / GH sites with multiple facilities nested within that are owned and / or leased by the City of Arlington . Nine ( 9 ) of these sites are currently leased to other organizations and are not maintained by the City of Arlington . They are EXEMPT from PP / GH inspections . As such , there are 81 sites with multiple nested facilities that are currently included in the PP / GH inspection program . Facilities are delineated by non-hot spot status or “ hot spot ”/ high priority status – i . e . there is potential for discharge from these facilities to the MS4 . There are a total of twenty-two ( 22 ) hot spot sites with multiple nested facilities and a total of fifty-nine ( 59 ) non-hot spot sites . Hot spot sites are inspected annually . Non-hot spot sites are inspected once in a permit term or every five years .

In FY18 , two ( 2 ) facilities were closed for construction and could not be inspected . A total of 28 PP / GH inspections were conducted during the 2-IRP , most of which were reinspections due to employee turnover or error . The following tables outline inspections , identification of high priority facilities , and pollutants of concern from high priority properties .

PP / GH Inspections :

CITY OF ARLINGTON TPDES STORMWATER ANNUAL REPORT – FY 2018

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