King County
Public Rules and Regulations

Public Rules

Title: Stormwater Pollution Control Manual

Document Code No.: PUT 8-8 (PR)
Department/Issuing Agency: Department of Public Works/Surface Water Management Division
Effective Date: September 2, 1995
Approved: /s/ Gary Locke
Type of Action: New

1.0 SUBJECT TITLE: Stormwater Pollution Control Manual

2.0 PURPOSE:

2.1 To establish water pollution prevention measures for businesses and other organizations within unincorporated King County to reduce polluted runoff from leaving their site and entering surface waters or ground waters.

3.0 ORGANIZATIONS AFFECTED:

3.1 Businesses, organizations, public agencies, and property owners within unincorporated King County, excluding single family residents.

3.2 Department of Public Works, Surface Water Management Division, or their successor agencies.

4.0 REFERENCES:

4.1 King County Code Chapter 8.12 - Water Pollution.

4.2 King County's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Municipal Stormwater Permit.

4.3 King County Code 2.98.

5.0 DEFINITIONS:

5.1 "Best Management Practices" shall mean the best available and reasonable physical, structural, managerial, or behavioral activities, that when used singly or in combination, eliminate or reduce the contamination of surface and/or ground waters.

5.2 "SWM" shall mean the Surface Water Management Division, or its successor agency.

5.3 "Businesses or other organizations" shall mean businesses, organizations, public agencies, and property owners within unincorporated King County, excluding single family residents.

6.0 POLICIES:

6.1 Chapter 3 of the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual contains reasonable water pollution prevention measures that shall apply to all businesses and other organizations in unincorporated King County.

6.2 The Surface Water Management Division's goal through the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual is to present source control best management practices, as they are widely recognized as the least costly and most efficient and effective solutions to maintaining and improving the quality and beneficial uses of our water resources.

6.3 The Surface Water Management Division will rely, as much as possible, on education and technical assistance to gain compliance with the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual.

6.4 The Stormwater Pollution Control Manual shall be available for reading and for purchase at the Surface Water Management Division and available for reading at King County Libraries.

6.5 This Public Rule is exempted from the rule of strict construction and shall be liberally construed to give full effect to the objectives and purposes for which it was adopted.

6.6 If any provision of this Public Rule or its application to any person or property is held invalid, the remainder of the Public Rule or the application of the provision to other persons or property shall not be affected.

7.0 PROCEDURES:

Action By: Manager SWM

Action:

7.1 Reviews the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual and revises it if necessary.

Action By: Businesses and other organizations

Action:

7.2 Implements the minimum best management practices contained in Chapter 3 of the King County Stormwater Pollution Control Manual.

Action By: SWM

Action:

7.3 Conducts site visit to confirm compliance and implementation of best management practices.

8.0 RESPONSIBILITIES:

8.1 The Surface Water Management Division is responsible for:
8.1.1 Issuing revisions of the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual as new information becomes available;

8.1.2 Providing on-site consultations to businesses and other organizations to assist in implementation of best-management practices; and

8.1.3 Determining compliance with the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual.

8.2 The businesses or other organizations are responsible, at a minimum, for:

8.2.1 Implementing applicable best management practices;

8.2.2 Demonstrating that the best management practices comply with the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual; and

8.2.3 Maintaining the best management practices presented by the Stormwater Pollution Control Manual.

9.0 APPENDICES:

This appendix is available from the Surface Water Management Division:

9.1 King County Stormwater Pollution Control Manual, Chapter 3.