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Utilities department outlines stormwater post-construction BMP compliance plan under MS4 permit
Summary
Topeka utilities staff on April 15 outlined a program to identify, inspect and improve compliance of post-construction stormwater best management practices (BMPs) to satisfy the city's MS4/NPDES permit and an EPA consent agreement.
The Topeka City Utilities Department presented a post-construction stormwater compliance program to the Infrastructure Committee on April 15, laying out work to identify and inspect private and public best management practices (BMPs) required under the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit.
Staff said the program responds to an EPA audit (2018 audit with final report in 2019) and a resulting consent agreement that requires improved compliance and inspection of post-construction BMPs. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit; Topeka operates under a phase I MS4 permit and must implement six minimum controls including post-construction stormwater management.
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