Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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NPDES Phase I Municipal Stormwater Permit WAR04-4502 S4.F Notification of Discharge from the Snohomish County Storm Sewer System to Cripple Creek.
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DEPARTMENT: Conservation and Natural Resources
ORIGINATOR: Bill Leif
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved
PURPOSE: Notify the Washington State Department of Ecology of polluted discharge from the County storm sewer as required by the NPDES Phase 1 Municipal Stormwater Permit.
BACKGROUND: The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) issued a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase 1 municipal stormwater permit to Snohomish County and five other municipalities in Washington State. The County is required to submit a notification to Ecology when a discharge from our storm sewer may have caused or contributed to a violation of a state water quality standard. Snohomish County Parks hired a consultant to perform water quality sampling for multiple parameters within the storm sewer at Evergreen State Fairgrounds. The report from the consultant, received by Parks on December 20, 2024, indicated that a discharge from the Fairgrounds storm sewer could cause or contribute to violations of state water quality standards for dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform bacteria in an unnamed tributary to Cripple Creek. Parks and Surface Water Management are collaborating to determine short-term and long-term options for preventing future violations of standards. In addition, Parks is working with a consultant on a preliminary design for stormwater improvements at the Fairgrounds.
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DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES: Submittal of this notification to Ecology does not have a fiscal impact.
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