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<br />~~~ ~ , <br />„~a <br />stornxet>crfer• nxcrnu_c~enxerxt. = .~r <br /> SITE MAP <br />Hane <br /> What is Phase II <br /> Who is Affected ®This site was developed to assist local <br /> What is a small MS4 governments in North Carolina with issues <br /> Fact Sheet 2.1 relating to Phase II Stormwater Regulations. <br /> Fact Sheet 2.2 <br /> What Are the Phase II a Polluted storm water runoff is often transported to <br /> Small MS4 Program municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) <br /> Requirements? and ultimately discharged into local rivers and <br />Siz mini mum measures streams without treatment. EPA's Stormwater <br /> Public Education and Phase II Rule establishes an MS4 stormwater <br /> Outreach management program that is intended to improve <br /> Public oarticioation the Nation's waterways by reducing the quantity <br /> Illicit Discharge detection of pollutants that stormwater picks up and carries <br /> and Elimination into storm sewer systems during storm events. <br /> Cons(mclion site Runoff Common pollutants include oil and grease from <br /> cq~trgl roadways, pesticides from lawns, sediment from <br /> Post-Constmction Runoff construction sites, and carelessly discarded trash, <br /> Control such as cigarette butts, paper wrappers, and <br /> Pollution Prevention/Gootl plastic bottles. <br /> Housekeeoing <br />State Implementing Rules When deposited into nearby waterways through <br /> North Carolina NPDES MS4 discharges, these pollutants can impair the <br /> waterways, thereby discouraging recreational use <br /> phase II Temgorarv Rule <br />T <br />t d of the resource, contaminating drinking water <br /> ez <br /> North Carolina's NPDES supplies, and interfering with the habitat for fish, <br /> Phase Il Stormwater other aquatic organisms, and wildlife. <br /> permanent mle-making <br /> ~~ o What is Phase II <br />Educational Tools <br /> . Who is Affected <br /> Downloadable <br /> Presentations <br />L teters <br />In 1990, EPA promulgated rules establishing <br /> Phase 1 of the National Pollutant Discharge <br />MAPS Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater program. <br /> NC River Basin Map The Phase I program for MS4s requires operators <br /> <br />NC Basinwide Planning of medium and large MS4s, that is, those that <br /> generally serve populations of 100,000 or greater, <br /> Maos Rhumbnail Links) <br />NC Urban Areas <br />to implement a stormwater management program <br /> Other NC DENR Maos as a means to control polluted discharges from <br /> these MS4s. The Storm Water Phase II Rule <br />Federal Rules and Faclsheels extends coverage of the NPDES stormwater <br /> <br />Federal Rule language program to certain small MS4s but takes a slightly <br /> different approach to how the storm water <br />