1. Storm Water Pollution Prevention

North Dakota National pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit NDR04-0000 Cass County. Phase II MS4 SWPPP Best Management Practices 2006 Permit Year Annual Report Minimum control Measure 1 . PUBLIC EDUCA nON AND OUTREACH SWPPP BMP DESCRIPTION GOALS EXPECTED DURING THE 2006 GOALS ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE 2006 ASSESS BMP SECTION PERMIT YEAR PERMIT YEAR APPROPRIATENESS STORM WATER-RELATED PUBLIC EDUCATION CONTINUE TO 8UILD STORM WATER The Cass County Storm Water Pollution The Cass County Highway ---- 1.\II.A PROGRAM POLLUTION PREVENTION L18RARY; Prevention web page is continually updated to Department Web site acts as an (This was a specifiC permit-identified requirement) CONTINUE POLLUTION PREVENTION include new links and information to promote online tool educating both municipal EDUCATION THROUGH OTHER MEDIA public awarenesS and participation. The staff and the publiC about general AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE webpage includes links. information. maps. storm water pollution prevention POLLUTION PREVENTION MESSAGE; and contact information. Webpage alsO links practices and policies within the MAINT AIN WE8SITE; CONTINUE to some of the services provided by the City of local community. The link to the MULTIMEDIA POLLUTION PREVENTION Fargo. A new brochure entitled Protect your RSWC web site expands this DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL MCMs property and the watershed was developed by education to include storm water- EERC for CasS County. The brochure helps related issues not only in the entire educates homeowners about the cause and Red River Basin. but nationally. The methods to help prevent and reduce bank number of visits will be recorded stability issues associated with riverfront and used to monitor the development. The county also developed effectiveness of the public outreach, Cass County River Setback which helps As part of the public education and riverfront landowners understand the issue of outreach component. Cass County riverbank slumping and the county's setback will continue to use any available requirements. public education programs and 8MPs developed by and in cooperation with the city of Fargo to individually tailor the county's specifiC storm water-related issues. 1.\II.B CLASSROOM PRESENTATION PROGRAMS IMPLEMENT THE STORM WATER Investigated classroom presentations for storm The City of Fargo currently gives . RELATED INFORMATION INTO water-related information. Cass County classroom presentations to educate CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS supports all existing storm water-related school chlldren about recycling. presentations currently given by the Fargo Cass County will explore further School District. ResponSibility for the development of these presentations development of any new programs will be with the city of Fargo to include coordinated by the city of Fargo and the Fargo storm water-related topics and School District. The Red River Basin Institute educational outreach to the also provides numerous lesson plans available youngest members of the for teachers to teach the importance of water. community. The number of the Red River, watersheds and its role in presentations will be recorded and science. history. cultural aspects of the Red used to monitor the effectiveness of River Valley; links to these lesson plans made the outreach effort. available on the county website. \ Page 1 ,_ ,." :,u<6585\'!PFP County Phase II SWPPP 2006 Final