Storm Water
Pollution Prevention Program
A 1987 amendment to the federal Clean Water Act required implementation of a two-phase
comprehensive national program to address storm water runoff. Phase I focused on large
construction sites, 11 categories of industrial facilities, and major metropolitan municipal
separate storm sewer systems.
In March of 2002, Phase II was implemented and is the next step in an effort to preserve,
protect and improve water resources impacted by storm water runoff. The program has broadened
to include smaller construction sites, certain industrial sites, and smaller municipal separate
storm sewer systems. Phase II is designed to further reduce adverse impacts to water quality
and puts controls on runoff that have the greatest likelihood of causing continued
environmental degradation.
The storm water regulations are part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit program. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delegated permitting
authority for Minnesota's NPDES program to the MPCA. The three permit types - construction,
industrial, MS4 - each have distinct requirements.
The Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program was created to satisfy the requirements of the
General Permit and serve the City of Bloomington by providing a framework of programs and
practices to control storm water runoff from the city's jurisdiction.
Refer to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's stormwater Web site via
our site's page of external links related to wetlands.
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Section
1 - Title through Background (218KB, 11-page PDF)
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Section
2 - General Permit (189KB, 34-page PDF)
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Section
3 - Introduction (762KB, 8-page PDF)
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Section
4 - Notice of Intent (358KB, 12-page PDF)
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Section
5 - Environment (800KB, 6-page PDF)
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Section
6 - Education Program (375KB, 35-page PDF)
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Section
7 - Minimum Control Measure Summary (313KB, 50-page PDF)
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Section
8 - Best Management Practices (368KB, 37-page PDF)
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Appendix
- Glossary, Acronyms and References (47KB, 9-page PDF)
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Load Assessment Report
This 17MB report contains large color maps and chart. We have broken the file into smaller
files for ease in downloading.
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Nondegradation
Report (244KB, 23-page PDF)
For more information, contact:
Scott Anderson, Engineering Division
PH: 952-563-4867, TTY: 952-563-8740, FAX: 952-563-4868
E-mail: smanderson@ci.bloomington.mn.us
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