Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

were not achievable on-site. e. Nonstructural Stormwater Management Strategies. 1. To the maximum extent practicable, the standards in subsections 25-29.4f. and g. shall be met by incorporating nonstructural stormwater management strategies at subsection 25-29.4e. into the design. The applicant shall identify the nonstructural measures incorporated into the design of the project. If the applicant contends that it is not feasible for engineering, environmental, or safety reasons to incorporate any nonstructural stormwater management measures identified in subsection 25-29.4e,2. below into the design of a particular project, the applicant shall identify the strategy considered and provide a basis for the contention. 2. Nonstructural stormwater management measures incorporated into site design shall: (a) Protect areas that provide water quality benefits or areas particularly susceptible to erosion and sediment loss; (b) Minimize impervious surfaces and break up or disconnect the flow of runoff over impervious surfaces; (c) Maximize the protection of natural drainage features and vegetation; (d) Minimize the decrease in the "time of concentration" from preconstruction to post- construction. "Time of concentration" is defined as the time it takes for runoff to 162

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 travel from the hydraulically most distant point of the watershed to the point of interest within a watershed; (e) Minimize land disturbance including clearing and grading; (f) Minimize soil compaction; (g) Provide low-maintenance landscaping that encourages retention and planting of native vegetation and minimizes the use of lawns, fertilizers and pesticides; (h) Provide vegetated open-channel conveyance systems discharging into and through stable vegetated areas; (i) Provide other source controls to prevent or minimize the use or exposure of pollutants at the site in order to prevent or minimize the release of those pollutants into stormwater runoff. These source controls include, but are not limited to: (1) Site design features that help to prevent accumulation of trash and debris in drainage systems; (2) Site design features that help to prevent discharge of trash and debris from drainage systems; (3) Site design features that help to prevent and/or contain spills or other harmful accumulations of pollutants at industrial or commercial developments; and (4) When establishing vegetation after land disturbance, applying fertilizer in accordance with the requirements established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq., and implementing rules. 3. Any land area used as a nonstructural stormwater management measure to meet the performance standards in subsection 25-29.4f. and g. shall be dedicated to a government agency, subjected to a conservation restriction filed with the appropriate County Clerk's office, or subject to an approved equivalent restriction that ensures that measure or an equivalent stormwater management measure approved by the reviewing agency is maintained in perpetuity. 4. Guidance for nonstructural stormwater management measures is available in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. The manual is available on the

rpetuity. 4. Guidance for nonstructural stormwater management measures is available in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. The manual is available on the Department of Environmental Protections' stormwater web page at http://www.nj stormwater.org. f. Erosion Control, Groundwater Recharge and Runoff Quantity Standards. 1. This section contains minimum design and performance standards to control erosion, encourage and control infiltration and groundwater recharge, and control stormwater runoff quantity impacts of major development. (a) The minimum design and performance standards for erosion control are those established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq. and implementing rules. (b) The minimum design and performance standards for groundwater recharge are as follows: (1) The design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge calculations at subsection 25-29.5, either: [a] Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the site and its stormwater management measures maintain one hundred 163

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 (100%) percent of the average annual preconstruction groundwater recharge volume for the site; or [b] Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the increase of stormwater runoff volume from preconstruction to post- construction for the 2-year storm is infiltrated. (2) This groundwater recharge requirement does not apply to projects within the "urban redevelopment" area, or projects subject to paragraph (3) below. (3) The following types of stormwater shall not be recharged: [a] Stormwater from areas of high pollutant loading. High pollutant loading areas are areas in industrial and commercial developments where solvents and/or petroleum products are loaded/unloaded, stored, or applied, areas where pesticides are loaded/unloaded or stored; areas where hazardous materials are expected to be present in greater than "reportable quantities" as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR 302.4; areas where recharge would be inconsistent with Department approved remedial action work plan or landfill closure plan; and areas with high risks for spills of toxic materials, such as gas stations and vehicle maintenance facilities; and [b] Industrial stormwater exposed to "source material." "Source material" means any material(s) or machinery, located at an industrial facility, that is directly or indirectly related to process, manufacturing or other industrial activities, which could be a source of pollutants in any industrial stormwater discharge to groundwater. Source materials include, but are not limited to, raw materials; intermediate products; final products; waste materials; by-products; industrial machinery and fuels, and lubricants, solvents, and detergents that are related to process, manufacturing, or other industrial activities that are exposed to stormwater. (4) The design engineer shall assess the

tergents that are related to process, manufacturing, or other industrial activities that are exposed to stormwater. (4) The design engineer shall assess the hydraulic impact on the groundwater table and design the site so as to avoid adverse hydraulic impacts. Potential adverse hydraulic impacts include, but are not limited to, exacerbating a naturally or seasonally high water table so as to cause surficial ponding, flooding of basements, or interference with the proper operation of subsurface sewage disposal systems and other subsurface structures in the vicinity or down gradient of the groundwater recharge area. (c) In order to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts, the design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff calculations at subsection 25-29.4, complete one (1) of the following: (1) Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that for stormwater leaving the site, post-construction runoff hydrographs for the 2-, 10-, and 100- year storm events do not exceed, at any point in time, the preconstruction runoff hydrographs for the same storm events; (2) Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that there is no increase, as compared to the pre-construction condition, in the peak runoff rates of stormwater leaving the site for the 2-, 10-, and 100-year storm events and that the increased volume or change in timing of stormwater runoff will not increase flood damage at or downstream of the site. This analysis shall include the analysis of impacts of existing land uses and projected land uses 164

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 assuming full development under existing zoning and land use ordinances in the drainage area; (3) Design stormwater management measures so that the post-construction peak runoff rates for the 2-, 10-, and 100-year storm events are 50, 75 and 80 percent, respectively, of the preconstruction peak runoff rates. The percentages apply only to the post-construction stormwater runoff that is attributable to the portion of the site on which the proposed development or project is to be constructed. The percentages shall not be applied to post- construction stormwater runoff into tidal flood hazard areas if the increased volume of stormwater runoff will not increase flood damages below the point of discharge; or (4) In tidal flood hazard areas, stormwater runoff quantity analysis in accordance with paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above shall only be applied if the increased volume of stormwater runoff could increase flood damages below the point of discharge. 2. Any application for a new agricultural development that meets the definition of major development at subsection 25-29.2 shall be submitted to the appropriate Soil Conservation District for review and approval in accordance with the requirements of this section and any applicable Soil Conservation District guidelines for stormwater runoff quantity and erosion control. For the purposes of this section, "agricultural development" means land uses normally associated with the production of food, fiber and livestock for sale. Such uses do not include the development of land for the processing or sale of food and the manufacturing of agriculturally related products. g. Stormwater Runoff Quality Standards. 1. Stormwater management measures shall be designed to reduce the post-construction load of total suspended solids (TSS) in

g. Stormwater Runoff Quality Standards. 1. Stormwater management measures shall be designed to reduce the post-construction load of total suspended solids (TSS) in stormwater runoff by eighty (80%) percent of the anticipated load from the developed site, expressed as an annual average. Stormwater management measures shall only be required for water quality control if an additional one-quarter (1/4) acre of impervious surface is being proposed on a development site. The requirement to reduce TSS does not apply to any stormwater runoff in a discharge regulated under a numeric effluent limitation for TSS imposed under the New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14A, or in a discharge specifically exempt under a NJPDES permit from this requirement. The water quality design storm is one and one-quarter (1.25) inches of rainfall in two (2) hours. Water quality calculations shall take into account the distribution of rain from the water quality design storm, as reflected in Table 1. The calculation of the volume of runoff may take into account the implementation of nonstructural and structural stormwater management measures. Table 1: Water Quality Design Storm Distribution Cumulative Cumulative Time Rainfall Time Rainfall (Minutes) (Inches) (Minutes) (Inches) 0 0.0000 65 0.8917 5 0.0083 70 0.9917 10 0.0166 75 1.0500 15 0.0250 80 1.0840 20 0.0500 85 1.1170 25 0.0750 90 1.1500 30 0.1000 95 1.1750 35 0.1330 100 1.2000 165

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 40 0.1660 105 1.2250 45 0.2000 110 1.2334 50 0.2583 115 1.2417 55 0.3583 120 1.2500 60 0.6250 2. For purposes of TSS reduction calculations, Table 2 below presents the presumed removal rates for certain BMPs designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. The BMP Manual may be obtained from the address identified in subsection 25-29.7, or found on the Department's website at www.njstormwater.org. The BMP Manual and other sources of technical guidance are listed in subsection 25-29.7. TSS reduction shall be calculated based on the removal rates for the BMPs in Table 2 below. Alternative removal rates and methods of calculating removal rates may be used if the design engineer provides documentation demonstrating the capability of these alternative rates and methods to the review agency. A copy of any approved alternative rate or method of calculating the removal rate shall be provided to the Department at the following address: Division of Watershed Management, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, PO Box 418, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625-0418. 3. If more than one BMP in series is necessary to achieve the required eighty (80%) percent TSS reduction for a site, the applicant shall utilize the following formula to calculate TSS reduction: R = A + B - (AxB)/100 Where R = total TSS percent load removal from application of both BMPS, and A = the TSS percent removal rate applicable to the first BMP B = the TSS percent removal rate applicable to the second BMP Table 2: TSS Removal Rates for BMPs Best Management Practice TSS % Removal Rate Bioretention Systems 90 Constructed Stormwater 90 Wetland Extended Detention Basin 40-60 Infiltration Structure 80 Manufactured

90 Constructed Stormwater 90 Wetland Extended Detention Basin 40-60 Infiltration Structure 80 Manufactured Treatment Device See subsection 25-29.6c. Sand Filter 80 Vegetative Filter Strip 60-80 Wet Pond 50-90 4. If there is more than one onsite drainage area, the eighty (80%) percent TSS removal rate shall apply to each drainage area, unless the runoff from the subareas converge on site in which case the removal rate can be demonstrated through a calculation using a weighted average. 5. Stormwater management measures shall also be designed to reduce, to the maximum extent feasible, the post-construction nutrient load of the anticipated load from the developed site in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm. In achieving reduction of nutrients to the maximum extent feasible, the design of the site shall include nonstructural strategies and structural measures that optimize nutrient removal while still achieving the performance standards in subsections 25-29.4f. and g. 166

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 6. Additional information and examples are contained in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, which may be obtained from the address identified in subsection 25-29.7. 7. In accordance with the definition of FW1 at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.4, stormwater management measures shall be designed to prevent any increase in stormwater runoff to waters classified as FW1. 8. Special water resource protection areas shall be established along all waters designated Category One at N.J.A.C. 7:9B and perennial or intermittent streams that drain into or upstream of the Category One waters as shown on the USGS Quadrangle Maps or in the County Soil Surveys, within the associated HUC14 drainage. These areas shall be established for the protection of water quality, aesthetic value, exceptional ecological significance, exceptional recreational significance, exceptional water supply significance, and exceptional fisheries significance of those established Category One waters. These areas shall be designated and protected as follows: (a) The applicant shall preserve and maintain a special water resource protection area in accordance with one of the following: (1) A 300-foot special water resource protection area shall be provided on each side of the waterway, measured perpendicular to the waterway from the top of the bank outwards or from the centerline of the waterway where the bank is not defined, consisting of existing vegetation or vegetation allowed to follow natural succession is provided. (2) Encroachment within the designated special water resource protection area under paragraph (1) above shall only be allowed where previous development or disturbance has occurred (for example, active agricultural use, parking area or maintained lawn area). The encroachment shall only be allowed where applicant demonstrates that the functional value and overall condition of the special water resource protection area will be maintained to the maximum extent practicable. In no case shall the remaining special water resource protection area be reduced