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North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill <br />Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 33 <br />8.0 Storm Water Best Management Practices (BMPs) <br />According to the NPDES General Permit, BMPs are the activities, prohibition of practices, <br />maintenance procedures, and other management practices used to prevent or reduce the <br />pollution of storm water discharge. BMPs also include treatment measures, operating <br />procedures, and practices to control facility site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste <br />disposal, or drainage from raw material storage. BMPs may include any type of pollution <br />prevention and pollution control measure necessary to achieve compliance with the NPDES <br />Permit. <br />San Joaquin County North County Landfill operations and maintenance personnel will <br />continually develop, implement, and revise BMPs as appropriate to reduce and/or prevent <br />potential industrial pollutants from the materials listed and described in Section 5.0 and the <br />activities described in Section 6.0. Special construction or maintenance projects may require <br />additional BMPs to prevent discharges of unauthorized non-storm water to the storm water <br />conveyance system and to prevent contamination of storm water runoff. BMPs for each special <br />project are considered on a case-by-case basis. The landfill operations manager and/or the <br />facility civil engineer coordinate all such efforts with facility employees and contractors. San <br />Joaquin County will identify any areas where the minimum BMPs are not adequately reducing <br />or preventing pollutants in storm water discharges and will identify and implement any <br />advanced BMPs for those areas. <br />The following describes the minimum (non-structural or preventative), and advanced <br />(structural, preventative, and treatment) BMPs utilized at the North County Landfill. <br />8.1 Minimum BMPs <br />The following are prevention practices utilized by San Joaquin County to minimize the <br />probability of pollution of storm water discharge. <br />8.1.1 Good Housekeeping <br />San Joaquin County implements the permit-required good housekeeping measures through the <br />following listed activities: <br />Table 8.1.1 – Good Housekeeping Measures <br />Row <br />No. Minimum Permit Requirement Facility-Specific Implementation <br />1. <br />Observe all outdoor areas associated with <br />industrial activity; including storm water <br />discharge locations, drainage areas, <br />conveyance systems, waste handling/disposal <br />areas, and perimeter areas impacted by off- <br />facility materials or storm water run-on to <br />determine housekeeping needs. Any <br />identified debris, waste, spills, tracked <br />materials, or leaked materials shall be <br />cleaned and disposed of properly; <br />San Joaquin County employees daily inspect the <br />facility roadways and perimeters, drainage swales and <br />conveyances, and the equipment storage yard for trash, <br />debris, and tracked out or windblown sediment. Work <br />crews regularly pick-up fugitive trash. Leaks of oil are <br />cleaned up with absorbent. Sediment is removed by <br />manual or mechanical sweeping. <br />In the green waste area, the surfaces are inspected <br />daily for windblown or tracked-out wood mulch. <br />Wood mulch that has been processed by chipping / <br />shredding green waste is stored in contained and <br />covered stockpiles. Mulch that has been blown or