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It takes a number of individuals to implement the District's Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program, which preserves and protects the region's watersheds and aquifers through storm water maintenance and management.

Gardeners play an important role in storm water pollution prevention, by ensuring that best grounds maintenance practices are in place.  Duties include:

• Cleaning out storm drains to allow stormwater to flow freely, and to prevent debris from entering the stormwater drainage system.
• Removing debris from school grounds, to prevent debris from flowing into storm drains.
• Removing loose organic matter, such as leaves, from quads, courtyards, plazas, walkways and athletic hard courts to prevent that loose material from being washed into storm drains.
• Ensuring that loose organic matter, such as leaves and mulch, remain in landscaped planting areas.
• As needed, using erosion and sediment control products to reduce debris from entering storm drains.
• Notifying site administration if storm water pollution prevention measures at construction worksites are malfunctioning or not in place.

• The LRP is always ultimately responsible for project compliance
• The LRP must apply for and obtain a Waste Discharge Identification Number (WDID) in order to start a construction project that is subject to a Construction Activities Storm Water General Permit, by certifying the Permit Registration Documents (PRDs) prepared by the QSD. PRDs consist of the Notice of Intent, Risk Assessment, Post-Construction Calculations, a Site Map, the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), a signed certification statement by the LRP, and the first annual fee.
• The LRP is the recipient of any Notices of Violations (NOVs) or Administrative Civil Liabilities (fines)
• The LRP or a person legally authorized to sign and certify on behalf of the LRP is responsible for obtaining permit coverage.

A QSD develops a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for owners of projects subject to the Construction Activities Storm Water General Permit. A QSD is required by the California Environmental Protection Agency State Water Resources Control Board for any project that qualifies under the General Permit. Duties include:

• Preparing the SWPPP plan, which describes the required stormwater management on a specific project. The SWPPP is a living document and must be updated continuously to show corrections to BMP’s and scheduling.
• Preparing and maintaining all documents necessary as required by the State of California EPA State Water Resources Control Board using the Stormwater Multiple Application & Report Tracking Systems (SMARTS) throughout the life of the project. These include:
  • SWPPP Plan
  • Amendments
  • Erosion & Sediment Control, Best Management Practices (BMP) Design, REAP (Rain Event Action Plan), and Post-Construction Measures
  • Notice of Intent (NOI)
  • Change of Information (COI)
  • Annual Report
  • SWARM (Storm Water Annual Report Monitoring) Summaries
  • Notice of Termination (NOT)

QSDs are certified by the SWRCB after completing a SWRCB-sponsored or -approved QSD training course, and passing an exam. In addition, QSDs are required to have one of the following credentials: 

A QSP provides SWPPP implementation to owners of projects subject to the Construction Activities Storm Water General Permit. QSPs provide site observations, inspections, sampling, analysis, monitoring and reporting. Duties include:

• A Certified Erosion, Sediment and Storm Water Inspector (CESSWI) registered through EnviroCert International, Inc.; or
• A Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC).