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Foothill Landfill <br />Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Page 39 <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 />The Foothill Landfill operations and maintenance personnel will continually develop, <br />implement, and revise BMPs as appropriate to reduce and/or prevent potential industrial <br />pollutants from the materials listed and described in Section 5.0 and the activities described in <br />Section 6.0. Special construction or maintenance projects may require additional BMPs to <br />prevent discharges of unauthorized non-storm water to the storm water conveyance system and <br />to prevent contamination of storm water runoff. BMPs for each special project are considered <br />on a case-by-case basis. The landfill operations manager and/or the facility civil engineer <br />coordinate all such efforts with facility employees and contractors. San Joaquin County will <br />identify any areas where the minimum BMPs are not adequately reducing or preventing <br />pollutants in storm water discharges and will identify and implement any advanced BMPs for <br />those areas. <br />The following describes the minimum (non-structural or preventative), and advanced <br />(structural, preventative, and treatment) BMPs utilized at the Foothill 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. 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 identified <br />debris, waste, spills, tracked materials, or <br />leaked materials shall be cleaned and disposed <br />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.