Program Activity. (a) Caring for Our Creeks and Waterways This activity describes watershed surveys, assessments, and monitoring to identify impacts to water quality and habitat, integral to MCSTOPPP’s watershed approach. This activity also contains two important elements of Federally mandated municipal stormwater programs: activities to prevent pollutant discharge from municipal maintenance activities, and activities to effectively eliminate non-stormwater discharges. (b) Building and Renewing This activity describes good site planning and development review practices to ensure new projects are designed with watershed protection in mind. This activity also describes control to minimize erosion and sedimentation from construction activities. An important element of this activity is continuing education for municipal staff, contractors, and engineers. (c) Educating Ourselves at Work This activity describes how MCSTOPPP controls pollutant discharges from business activities through inspection and outreach. Continuing education for municipal staff, business owners, and their customers is also an important element in this activity (d) Educating Ourselves at Home and School This activity describes general public education and information dissemination, as well as targeted education efforts to residential neighborhoods and schools. (e) Protecting Our Future This activity describes how MCSTOPPP will work with the regulatory community to obtain coverage under a municipal stormwater permit and influence other regulatory programs, such as Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) development and allocation.
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Sources: Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement