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TRABUCO HOLY JIM DAM DEMOLITION

STORM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL Section 01 57 24

SECTION 01 57 24 – STORM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

1.1 OVERVIEW This work consists of furnishing, constructing, and maintaining soil erosion and sediment control devices to eliminate or minimize pollutants in stormwater discharges.

A. Water pollution control work shall conform to the provisions in the CalTrans Stormwater Quality Handbook and these special provisions.

This project shall conform to the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) Permit for General Construction Activities by the State Water Resources Control Board

(SWRCB). This General Permit, hereafter referred to as the “Permit,” regulates storm water discharges associated with construction activities.

Water pollution control work shall conform to the requirements in the CalTrans “Storm Water

Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and Water Pollution Control Program (WPCP) Preparation

Manual” and the CalTrans “Construction Site Best Management Practices (BMPs) Reference Manual,” and addenda thereto issued up to, and including, the date of advertisement of the project, hereafter referred to respectively as the “Preparation Manual” and the “Construction Site

BMP Manual” and collectively as the “Manuals.” Copies of the Manuals and the Permits may be obtained from the Department of Transportation, Material Operations Branch, Publication

Distribution Unit, 1900 Royal Oaks Drive, Sacramento, California 95815, Telephone: (916)

445-3520. Copies of the Manuals may also be obtained from the Department of

Transportation’s Internet Web Site at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/construc/stormwater.html.

B. The Contractor shall know and fully comply with the applicable provisions of the Manuals, Permit, and

Federal, State, and local regulations that govern the Contractor’s operations and storm water discharges from both the project site and areas of disturbance outside the project limits during construction. The

Contractor shall maintain a copy of the Permit at the project site and shall make the Permit available during construction.

The Contractor shall implement, inspect and maintain all necessary water pollution control practices to satisfy all applicable Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations that govern water quality for areas used outside of the Project limits or areas arranged for the specific use of the Contractor for this project.

Installing, inspecting, and maintaining water pollution control practices on areas outside the Project limits not specifically arranged for and provided for by the Owner for execution of this contract will not be paid for by the Government.

C. The Contractor shall be responsible for the costs and for liabilities imposed by law as a result of the

Contractor’s failure to comply with the provisions set forth in this section “Water Pollution Control”, including but not limited to, compliance with the applicable provisions of the Manuals, Permit, and Federal, State and local regulations. Costs and liabilities include, but are not limited to, fines, penalties, and damages http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/construc/stormwater.html http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/construc/stormwater.html whether assessed against the Owner of the Contractor, including those levied under the Federal Clean

Water Act and the State Porter Cologne Water Quality Act.

D. Conformance with the provisions of this section “Water Pollution Control” shall not relieve the Contractor from the Contractor’s responsibilities.

E. The Contractor shall notify the Forest Service immediately upon request from the regulatory agencies to enter, inspect, sample, monitor or otherwise access the project site or the Contractor’s records pertaining to water pollution control work.

F. Contractor shall have all heavy equipment to be used on site washed prior to entering the project area to remove soil, seeds, and plant material from noxious weeds to prevent the introduction and spread of weeds not already present on Cleveland National Forest. The Forest Service shall inspect equipment prior to moving on site. Inspections shall be coordinated and scheduled a minimum of 48 hrs in advance with the

Contracting Officer’s Representative.

1.2 REFERENCES

As a minimum, the Contractor shall follow the USDA Forest Service National Best management Practices for

Water Quality Management on National Forest System Lands, FS-990a, latest edition.

In addition, except as otherwise indicated in this Section, the Contractor shall comply with the most recent version of the following documents:

A. CalTrans Standard Specifications, Section 7-1.01G “Water Pollution”, latest edition.

B. CalTrans “Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Preparation Manual”, latest edition.

C. CalTrans “Water Pollution Control Program Preparation Manual”, latest edition.

D. CalTrans “Construction Site Best Management Practices (BMPs) Reference Manual”, latest edition.

E. General Permit – Regional Water Quality Control Board.

1.3– GENERAL

Prior to the start of construction, submit a written plan that provides permanent and temporary erosion control measures to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after demolition work. Do not begin work until the necessary controls for that particular phase of work have been implemented. Do not modify the type, size, or location of any control. An alternate erosion control plan with all necessary permits may be submitted 30 days before intended use. Incorporate all permanent erosion control features into the project at the earliest practicable time, as outlined in the approved plan. When erosion control measures are not functioning as intended, immediately take corrective action.

** Due to the limited impact of the project the primary need will be booms to address any spills when working in water, and proper securing of equipment and potential spills when equipment is parked.

1.4 INSPECTION AND REPORTING

A. Report of Discharges, Notices or Orders:

If the Contractor identifies any discharge into receiving waters in a manner causing, or potentially causing, a condition of pollution, or if the project receives a written notice or order from any regulatory agency, the

Contractor shall immediately inform the Forest Service within 2 days of the discharge event, notice, or order. The report shall include the following information:

1. The date, time, location, nature of the operation, and type of discharge, including the cause or nature of the notice or order.

2. The water pollution control practices deployed before the discharge event, or prior to receiving the notice or order.

3. The date of deployment and type of water pollution control practices deployed after the discharge event, or after receiving the notice, or order, including additional measures installed or planned to reduce or prevent reoccurrence.

4. An implementation and maintenance schedule for any affected water pollution control practices.

B. Report of First-Time Non-Storm Water Discharge:

The Contractor shall notify the Forest Service at least 3 days in advance of each first-time non-storm water discharge event, excluding exempted discharges. The Contractor shall notify the Forest Service of each different operation causing a non-storm water discharge. Non-storm water discharges shall be monitored at each first-time occurrence and routinely thereafter.

C. Annual Certifications:

By June 15 of each year, the Contractor shall complete and submit an Annual Construction Activity

Certification as contained in the Preparation Manual to the Forest Service. If the contract is for less than one year, the Contractor shall complete and submit an Annual Construction Activity Certification at the end of the project.

D. WPCP COMPLIANCE

1. The Forest will conduct regular inspections of the site to ensure compliance with the Storm Water BMP’S.

During the inspection any items of non-compliance will be noted on a “notice of non-compliance” by the

Forest Service and given to the contractor..

2. Upon receiving a “correction notice” the contractor has the time specified on the notice to make the noted corrections. At the end of this specified period a follow-up inspection will be conducted by to verify corrections and if all of the corrections have not been made, a “NOTICE OF VIOLATION” will be issued to the contractor, upon reception of notice of violation the Contractor has 24-hours to bring the project in to full compliance.

3. After the 24-hour period a Contractor Inspector will conduct a follow-up inspection (at the cost of the

Contractor) to verify compliance, if the site is still found to be non-compliant the following actions can and will be taken:

a. The Forest Service will have all of the violation items corrected at the Contractor’s expense.

b. The Forest Service will levy liquidated damages in the amount of $500.00 per day against the contractor.

c. Liquidated damages levied by the Forest Service will accrue daily until all of the items identified by the

“NOTICE OF VIOLATION” have been deemed Compliant by a Forest Service Contracting Officer.

1.5 MAINTENANCE

A. To ensure the proper implementation and functioning of water pollution control practices, the Contractor shall regularly inspect and maintain the construction site for the water pollution control practices identified in the SWPPP. The Contractor shall inspect the construction site as follows:

1. Prior to a forecast storm;

2. At 24-hour intervals during extended precipitation events;

3. After a precipitation event, which causes site runoff;

4. Routinely, a minimum of once every week during the rainy season (October 1st – April 30th) and once every month during non-rainy season (May 1st – September 30th).

B. The Contractor shall use the Storm Water Quality Construction Site Inspection Checklist provided in the

Preparation Manual or an alternative inspection checklist provided by the Forest Service. One copy of each site inspection record shall be submitted to the Forest Service within 24 hours of completing the inspection.

1.6- ACCEPTANCE. - Material for erosion and sediment control will be evaluated and approved by the COR

1.7- MEASUREMENT - No separate measurement or payment will be made for the work specified in this section.

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