Industrial Stormwater Evaluating Industrial Stormwater Programs in Los

Industrial Stormwater Evaluating Industrial Stormwater Programs in Los Angeles County Client: LA Waterkeeper Advised by: Dr. Felicia Federico Research Conducted By: Sarah Chiang, Marina Lindsay, Gabrielle Ruxin, Jacqueline Salem

Current Conditions ● ~85% of LA County assessed rivers, streams and shorelines are impaired for one or more pollutants ● 65% impacted by pathogens/fecal indicator bacteria ● 40% impacted by metals ● 25% impacted by trash UCLA 2015 Environmental Report Card

Current Conditions

Context: Previous Studies ● “Compton Creek Assessment of Industrial Stormwater Pollution” ● Not all facilities sampled as required (2 x) ● Many samples exceeded Numeric Action Levels (NALs) ● “Geographic Study of Industrial Stormwater Pollution Sources in the Dominguez Channel Watershed” ● Not all industrial sites submitted pollutant data ● Both studies found there are many unregistered facilities

Overview FOCUS: Industrial Facilities Program (IFP) required by the LA County MS 4 permit, focusing solely on industry. Assess Evaluate Recommend Program Implementation Effectiveness Improvements

City Selection Population Size: % Industry:

Methodology:

MS 4 Requirements for the Industrial Facilities Program “Focus” Elements 1. Do they have a Critical Source Inventory? 2. Established system for fining violators? 3. Do cities check that BMP implementation is up to municipal standards? 4. Have cities notified facility owners of applicable BMP requirements at least once during the MS 4 permit period? 5. Do cities have a Business Assistance Program? 6. Do cities have a separate stormwater hotline?

City Resources and Communication Elements 1. Municipality Demographics A. What is the population size? B. What is the percent of industrial land use? C. What is the number of facilities with IGP? (facilities reporting to CIWQS) D. What is the average income? 2. Budget Information A. What is the average budget for the municipality? B. Is there a budget for a stormwater program (Y/N) C. If yes, what is the stormwater budget? 3. Ease of Accessing Information on Municipality Website A. General Information about Stormwater (Y/N) B. Link to Stormwater Permits (Y/N) C. Link to County/State Website (Y/N) D. Any Community Outreach Programs Advertised? (Y/N) E. Is the website offered in more than one language? (Y/N) F. Contact information posted (Y/N)

Results: City Resources and Communication (Budget Information) Average Budget spent on MS 4 is 3. 3%

Results: City Resources and Communication (Website Information) 35% of the cities have General Stormwater Information Posted on their Website 24% have links to Stormwater Permits 0% in more than one language 28% have a link to the County/State Website Cudahy, Santa Fe Springs 28% are offered Santa Monica, Long Beach 83% 100%

Results: MS 4 Requirements for IFP

Results: MS 4 Requirements for IFP Quality of data for many elements=low (N/A answers) Average city score was <50% for 4 out of 6 focus requirements No strong correlations between MS 4 criteria completion and size or percent industry 3 cities have focus requirement scores of 100% ● Santa Monica ● El Monte ● Los Angeles

Compliance Parameters: CIWQS

Compliance Data Results

What does this tells us? -No perfect program -Few non-violating facilities -Cities with over 50% violations, facilities violate more often

Cities meeting >60% IFP “focus” requirements have less than 40% violating facilities in the past 5 years

Takeaways

Recommendation: Provide toolkit to cities with standardized information. ● Standardize how information is presented on city websites ● Possibly use tier system (S, M, L) ● Website Toolkit ● Coded Webpage ● Compatible Database Server Options

The Stormwater Toolkit: http: //www. stormwater. tk/

Prepared by: Taban Sharifi, Kaitlyn Heck, Carly Messex, Danny Wong, Alvaro Wong, and James Judelson

Recommendation: Standardize city databases and check requirements. ● Provide cities with database options. ● Excel, Software purchases, etc. ● Communication amongst cities. ● Check for database requirements in annual report.

Recommendation: Update Database services and content. ● Improve ease-of-use ● More search fields, one integrated search page with all options, accuracy markers on official data. ● Improve content ● More definitions of who reports and what is reported. ● Improve communication streams ● Ideally: Get to a generalized data portal where all city databases feed into CIWQS.

Recommendation: Standardize, update, and streamline MS 4 requirement evaluation. ● Update annual report template [In Progress] ● Reflection of MS 4 permit requirements ● Standardization of reporting with possible tiers based on municipality’s industrial activity ● Allow public access to most recent annual reports

Thank you for the data and your time.

On behalf of our adviser, clients, and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, we thank you for meeting with us. We look forward to seeing more improvements develop in this area of study.

Questions?

Additional Information: “Focus” requirement correlation scatterplot by industry

List of MS 4 “Focus” Requirements for IFP Focus Element: Critical source inventory System for fining violators Check BMPs are up to standards Notify owners of BMP requirements at least once Business Assistance Program Separate Stormwater Hotline Average Score: 2. 8 (93. 3%) 0. 5 (24%) 3. 3 (65. 6%) 1. 3 (44. 7%) 1. 9 (38%) 1. 4 (34. 5%) Total Weighted Score: 5 (100%) 2 (40%) 5 (100%) 3 (60%) 5 (100%) 4 (80%) · Quality Score: 5 1 5 3 5 5 · Importance Score: 5 3 5 3