Municipal stormwater permit guidance
Municipal stormwater permits require local stormwater management program implementation.
Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) elements
Overall guidance
The EPA provides resources for all the components on the municipal stormwater permits.The Washington Stormwater Center provides resources for municipal stormwater permittees.
Eastern Region Stormwater Coordinators Group
Information sharing and networking for Phase II permittees in Ecology's Eastern Region including Asotin, Asotin County, Clarkston, Pullman, Spokane, Spokane County, Spokane Valley, Moses Lake, Pasco, Walla Walla County, City of Walla Walla, and Washington State University.
- Contact: Brad Mitchell, City of Moses Lake, 509-764-3792
Regional Stormwater Policy Group (RSPG) Co-Permittees
City of Yakima, Yakima County, City of Union Gap, and City of Sunnyside. Members include county commissioners, city managers, mayors, public work directors, and city council members. Ecology attends, but is a non-voting participant.
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Contact: David Haws, Yakima County, 509-574-2300
Wenatchee Valley Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee
City of East Wenatchee, City of Wenatchee, Chelan County, and Douglas County
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Contact: Jessica Shaw, City of Wenatchee, 509-888-3201
Quad-Cities Storm Water Group
Municipalities in the Tri-Cities Area — Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, and West Richland
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Contact: City of Richland, 509-574-7508
Phase II Coordinators Group
Information sharing and networking covering a wide range of permit-related topics with various attendees including, Western and Southwest Washington permittees.
- Contact: Stefan Grozev, City of Bellevue and Andrew Silvia, City of Lake Forest Park
- Administrative support: Laurie Larson-Pugh, Washington Stormwater Center
Southwest Washington Coordinators Forum
Information sharing and networking covering a wide range of permit-related topics in Southwest Washington (primarily in communities from Aberdeen to Washougal).
West Sound Stormwater Managers Coordination Group
Phase II permit compliance and related topics (primarily in West Puget Sound communities on the Kitsap Peninsula).
- Contact: Chance Berthiaume, City of Bremerton
South Sound Phase II Coordinators Group
Pierce County, City of Tacoma, and neighboring Phase II permittees meet bi-monthly to share public education and outreach resources and NPDES compliance-related topics and information.
- Contact: Kurt Fremont, City of Tacoma, 253-502-2238 and Paul Marrinan, City of Puyallup
North Sound Coordinators Forum
Information sharing and networking covering a wide range of permit-related topics (primarily Snohomish County communities).
- Contact: David Jackson, City of Marysville
ROAD MAP (Regional Operations and Maintenance Program)
Permit requirements for municipal operation and maintenance, good housekeeping, and Illicit discharge detection and elimination (includes Western Washington and Southwest Washington permittees).
- Contact: Brian Miller, City of Newcastle and Laurie Larson, Washington Stormwater Center
- ROAD MAP Summary
STORM (Stormwater Outreach for Regional Municipalities)
Stormwater outreach and education around Puget Sound, including evaluation.
Contact: Anne Melrose, STORM Coordinator
APWA Stormwater Managers Committee
Information sharing/networking — general stormwater management topics, not limited to local governments.
- Contacts: Maureen Meehan, Pierce County and Craig Buitrago, Parametrix
Secondary Permittees
Our municipal stormwater permits generally cover cities and counties. However, there are other public entities (such as ports, prison complexes, parks and recreation districts, universities, or diking and drainage districts) that own or operate a stormwater sewer system located in a Phase I or Phase II city or county.These stormwater sewer systems are also known as municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4). A public entity with an MS4 may be required to get a secondary municipal stormwater permit.
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Other resources
- Compliance assurance program
- Co-permittees
- Frequently asked questions
- Low Impact Development (LID) guidance
- Permitting and Reporting Information System (PARIS)
- Stormwater Action Monitoring (SAM)
- Stormwater manuals
- Stormwater monitoring
- General stormwater guidance
- Emerging stormwater treatment technologies (TAPE)
- Stormwater grants and loans
- WQWebPortal guidance