United States Environmental Protection Agency

Stormwater Management Including Discharges for Newly Developed and
Redeveloped Sites 

State Questionnaire 

Survey ID: ________________

General Information 

Purpose of the Questionnaire

Stormwater discharges from newly developed and redeveloped land can
negatively impact water quality through increases in stormwater volume
and increased pollutant loads to the receiving waters.  This Information
Collection Request (ICR) will collect data to inform decisions regarding
how the nation’s stormwater regulations should be strengthened,
including additional provisions for stormwater discharges from newly
developed and redeveloped sites. 

EPA is issuing the following questionnaire to States to provide EPA with
information to: 

Establish current or baseline regulatory requirements related to
stormwater management of newly or redeveloped sites including any
ordinances or zoning requirements that may conflict with or impede
proposed regulation.

Estimate the national burden to States of any proposed regulation
including the implementation, proper operation and maintenance,
monitoring and enforcement required as a result of the regulation. 

The survey is presented in four sections covering the following topic
areas:

Section A:	General Information

Section B: 	Municipal Stormwater Program

Section C: 	Industrial Stormwater Program

Section D: 	Construction Stormwater Program

General Information, continued

Authority

EPA has authority to administer this questionnaire under section 308 of
the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 22 U.S.C.
Section 1318). Participation in this questionnaire is mandatory, and you
are required to respond. You must retain a copy of the completed
questionnaire for your files. EPA may contact you with follow-up
questions to clarify your answers. Late filing of the questionnaire, or
failure to follow any related EPA instruction, may results in civil
penalties, criminal fines, or other sanctions provided by law including
the possibility of fines and imprisonment as explained in Section 308 of
the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C., Section 1318).

When to Complete the Questionnaire

You must complete this questionnaire, then print, sign and return the
certification statement to EPA no later than 60 calendar days after
receiving the survey link.   

If you wish to request an extension, you must do so in writing no later
than one week of the due date of this questionnaire.  Written requests
may be e-mailed to Mr. Brian D’Amico at   HYPERLINK
"mailto:damico.brian@epa.gov"  damico.brian@epa.gov .

Certification Statement

A responsible state official or authorized representative must verify
the accuracy of the responses to the questionnaire by reading and
signing the Certification Statement. After completing the survey, you
must print the Certification statement, sign it, and return it to EPA at
the following address:  

	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Stormwater Management Including Discharges from New Developed and
Redeveloped Sites State Questionnaire 

c/o Eastern Research Group, Inc.

14555 Avion Parkway, Suite 200

Chantilly, VA 20151

Where to Get Help

If you have any questions regarding completion of this questionnaire you
can request assistance using EPA’s e-mail helpline provided below. 
Please include the name of the survey to which you are responding, the
question number along with your questions. Respondents who desire
assistance by telephone should send an e-mail with “Please Call Me”
in the subject line.  Please provide the call-back phone number, contact
name, and desired day and time to call.  The return phone call will be
free of charge to the respondent.

E-mail address for help line: _________________________________

Confidential Business Information 

Because the information requested in this questionnaire is not business
confidential, EPA may make the information available to the public
without further notice.



Detailed Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire

Complete the questionnaire considering the following instructions:

This questionnaire is available at the following link: 
____________________.  

Personnel most knowledgeable about the subject areas covered by a
specific section should complete that section of the questionnaire. 

For all questions and sections, read all instructions and definitions
carefully. Pay particular attention to the distinction between
establishments and firms. 

Do not leave any entry blank. If the answer is zero, write “0" or
“zero”. If a question is not applicable, write “NA.” 

Answer all of the questions in sequence unless you are directed to SKIP
forward in the questionnaire. This is important since some questions
and/or sections are only applicable to some respondents. 

Use the units specified when responding to questions requesting
measurement data (e.g., acres).

The period of interest for the survey is your fiscal year (FY) 2009
unless indicated otherwise.  

Provide the requested information based on data you currently have. EPA
is not requesting or recommending that respondents collect new data to
provide information for this survey. 



Certification Statement

The individual responsible for directing or supervising the preparation
of the enclosed Stormwater Discharges from New Developed and Redeveloped
Sites State Survey must read and sign the Certification Statement below
before returning both documents to the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. The certifying official must be a state official duly authorized
representative. The Certification Statement must be completed and
submitted in accordance with the requirements contained in the Code of
Federal Regulations at 40. CFR 122.22.

	I certify under penalty of law that the attached questionnaire was
prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system
designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gathered and
evaluated the information submitted. The information submitted is, to
the best of my knowledge and belief, accurate and complete. In those
cases where we did not possess the requested information, we have
provided best engineering and/or financial estimates or judgment. I am
aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false
information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment as
explained in Section 308 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C., Section
1318).

_____________________________			_________________________

Signature of Certifying Official			Date

_____________________________			(______)__________________

Printed Name of Certifying Official			Telephone Number

_____________________________			

Title of Certifying Official

Definitions

Note that the following terms are defined for the purposes of this
questionnaire only.

Term	Definition

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)	A conveyance or system of
conveyances that is owned by a state, city, town, village, or other
public entity that discharges to waters of the United States. The system
is designed or used to collect or convey stormwater (including storm
drains, pipes, ditches, etc.) but is not part of a Publicly Owned
Treatment Works (sewage treatment plant). 

Regulated Medium and Large Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)
– Phase I	Cities or certain counties with populations of 100,000 or
more.

Regulated Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) – Phase II
Urbanized areas (as designated by the U.S. Census and some areas outside
urbanized areas where population is greater than 10,000 people and
population density is greater than 1,000 people per square mile. 

Small MS4 include non-traditional systems, for example: universities and
systems maintained by transportation authorities such as a state’s
department of transportation.

Stormwater Control	The management of stormwater on or off site,
including detention, retention and infiltration.

Retention Practices	Stormwater techniques which infiltrate,
evapotranspirate and reuse rainfall in order to reduce off-site
transporation of flow.

Retrofit	Structural controls constructed to serve and reduce the water
quantity and quality impacts from existing developed areas.



Section A:	General Information 

A-1	Fill in the following identifying and contact information.

			

		Your Name and Title

	

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		Address

	

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		Phone Number

	

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		Best Time to Contact

	

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A-2	What was your State’s annual operating budget for stormwater for
FY2009?

	

	$______________________________

A-3	Indicate what is included in the FY2009 budget reported in question
A-2 and the 	percentage of total budget if available.

	

□ ___% Management/Administration 

	□ ___% Permitting 

	□ ____% Inspections/Enforcement

	□ ____% Outreach 

□ ____% Installation/Maintenance of stormwater control measures

	□ ____% Other 

A-4	What is the expected State’s annual operating budget for
stormwater for FY2010?

	

	$______________________________

A-5	How many full time employees (FTEs) were dedicated to the stormwater
program 	in FY2009?

	________ Management/Administration 

	________ Permitting

	________ Inspections/Enforcement

________ Outreach

________Installation/Maintenance of stormwater control measures

	________ Other: _________________________

________ Total

	

A-6	Is any part of your state’s stormwater budget allotted to MS4s?

□ Yes

	□ No



A-7	Provide any additional information for Section A in the space
provided below.

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Section B:	Municipal Stormwater Program

B-1	What is the number of Phase I MS4 permittees in your state?

	______ # Phase I MS4s

B-2	What is the number of Phase I MS4s in the follow categories?

	______ # city MS4s

	______ # county MS4s

	______ # school/university MS4s

	______ # DOT (state/local) MS4s

	______ # Federal MS4s

	______ # other non-traditional MS4s, describe; ___________

B-3	What is the number of Phase II MS4 permittees in your state?

	______ # Phase II MS4s

	

B-4	What is the number of Phase II MS4s in the follow categories?

	______ # city MS4s

	______ # county MS4s

	______ # school/university MS4s

	______ # DOT (state/local) MS4s

	______ # Federal MS4s

	______ # other non-traditional MS4s, describe; ___________

B-5	What is the number of current MS4 permits you have issued in your
state?

	______ # Phase I MS4 individual permits

	______ # Phase II MS4 individual permits

	______ # Phase II MS4 general permits

B-6	For City or County governments permitted in your state as regulated
MS4s, is the MS4 permit boundary the jurisdictional boundary or the
urbanized area boundary as designated by the U.S. Census? Check all that
apply.

	□ Jurisdictional boundary

	□ Urbanized area boundary

	□ Other _______________

B-7	In your state what jurisdictions that are responsible for
implementing the MS4 	program?

□ Township

	□ Counties

□ Boroughs

	□ Parishes

	□ Other _______________

B-8	Have you used residual designation authority or any other regulatory
mechanism to regulate additional MS4s that did not necessarily meet
federal criteria for stormwater regulation under the Phase I or II
rules, for example small MS4s that are outside the urbanized area
boundary?

□ Yes

	□ No

B-9	How much of your state is covered by stormwater MS4 regulation?

___________ area

	___________%

B-10	Do you require medium and large Phase I MS4s to implement
requirements similar to the six minimum control measures as described in
the Phase II stormwater regulations including:

	- Public Education and Outreach;

- Public Participation/Involvement; 

- Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination; 

- Construction Site Runoff Control ;

- Post Construction Runoff Control; and 

- Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping

□ Yes

	□ No

B-11	Do you require Phase II MS4 to implement an industrial program
similar to that required for Phase I MS4s?

□ Yes

	□ No

B-12	How many MS4s has your state audited and/or inspected in the last
five years 	for FY2005 – FY2009?  Fill in the entire table; if
unknown, write “UK”, if not 	applicable write “NA”, and no
inspections or audits were conducted write “Zero.”

MS4 inspections and/or audits, FY 2005-2009

	Fiscal year

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

# of Phase I Inspections/ audits





	# of Phase II Inspections/ audits





	

B-13	How many enforcement actions (other than verbal warnings) of MS4
operators 	has your state taken in the last five years for FY2005 –
FY2009? Fill in the 	entire table; if unknown, write “UK”, if not
applicable write “NA”, and no 	enforcement actions were conducted
write “Zero.”

MS4 Enforcement Actions, FY 2005-2009

	Fiscal year

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

# of Phase I Enforcement actions 





	# of Phase II Enforcement actions 





	

B-14	Do MS4 stormwater permits in your state currently include numeric
or specific stormwater performance standards and/or design criteria for
stormwater retention and/or volume control?

□ Yes

	□ No, Skip to B-17

B-15 	Indicate which stormwater performance standards and/or design
criteria apply in your state (stormwater retention and/or volume
control). Check all that apply.

	□ Maximum peak runoff

	Specify: ____________

	□ Maximum total volume of runoff

	Specify: ____________

	□ Minimum size for detention structures

	Specify: ____________

	□ Maximum size for retention structures

	Specify: ____________

	□ Maximum discharge velocity of detention structures

	Specify: ____________

	□ Other channel protection measures 

	Specify: ____________

	□ Maximum percent impervious surface. 

	Specify: ____________

	□ On-site retention requirements for specific storm event:

	Specify: ____________

	□ Maintain predeveloped runoff for a specific storm event. 

	Specify: ____________

	□ Infiltration/groundwater preservation requirement 

	Specify: ____________

	□ Quality improvement (e.g. solids, nitrogen, phosphorus, etc)	

	Specify: ____________

	□ Limits for effluent concentrations

	Specify: ____________

	□ Land grading requirements or other erosion prevention
specifications

	Specify: ____________

	□ Clustering or other site design requirements

	Specify: ____________

	□ Natural area protection (wetland & upland)

	Specify: ____________

	□ Water conservation requirements

	Specify: ____________

	□ Flood Control:______________

□ Other: ___________________

B-16	What regulatory mechanism does your state use to require numeric or
specific stormwater performance standards and/or design criteria for
stormwater retention or volume control?  Check all that apply.

	□ Stormwater Requirements are in state regulations

	□ Stormwater Requirements are in state stormwater manual

	□ Stormwater Requirements are in MS4 permits

□ There are no state-wide stormwater requirements in my state

B-17	Have you developed a state-wide stormwater manual that addresses
stormwater requirements?

	□ Yes

	□ No

B-18	Indicate the driver for implementation of stormwater retention
practices in your 	state.  Check all that apply. 

	□ Stormwater management requirement

	□ CSO Long Term Control Plan requirement

	□ Flood Control

	□ Other: _______________

	□ Unknown

	□ Not Applicable

B-19	What, if any, incentives are provided to implement stormwater
retention practices 	in newly development and/or redevelopment sites in
your state?  Check all 	that apply.

□ Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) for green projects

□ Supplement Environmental Project (SEP) funding

□ Grants: Provide direct funding to municipalities or others for
implementing a range of green infrastructure projects and practices. 

	□ Rebates & Installation Financing: (e.g. provide funding, tax
credits or 	reimbursements to property owners who install specific
practices) 

	Please Specify: __________________________________________________

□ Awards & Recognition Programs (e.g. provide marketing opportunities
and public outreach for exemplary projects) 

	Please Specify: _________________________________________________ 

	□ Development Incentives

	Please Specify: __________________________________________________

□ Other: 

	□ None

	□ Unknown

	□ Not Applicable

B-20	Are there currently stormwater retrofit requirements to reduce the
water quantity and quality impacts from existing developed areas in your
state?

	□ Yes, describe ________________________________________

	□ No

B-21	Does your state stormwater program allow, through permit, policy or
guidance for 	offsite stormwater mitigation? If yes, please describe.	

	□ Yes: _______________________________________________________

	□ No

B-22	Does your state’s stormwater program allow, through permit,
policy or guidance for payment-in-lieu programs in which you allow in
select circumstances, a fee to be furnished in place of meeting
stormwater management requirements?

	□ Yes: describe, including fees__________________________________

	□ No

B-23	Given the rapid development in many areas across the nation outside
the current MS4 boundaries, many significant sources of stormwater
discharge are not currently regulated under the national stormwater
program. What do you think is the best method for including these areas
within the national regulatory framework in your state?

	Describe:_____________________________________

B-23	Provide any additional information for this Section B in the space
provided 	below.

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Section C:	Industrial Stormwater Program

C-1	What is the number of permittees currently covered under the
Industrial Stormwater general permit(s) in your state?

	

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C-2	How many industrial permittees are subject to the Industrial
Stormwater General permit within regulated MS4 boundaries?

	______________________ # Industrial Stormwater permittees within MS4

	□ Can not answer this question based on state’s current data
system.

C-3	How many industrial facilities subject to Industrial Stormwater
permits has your 	state inspected from FY2005 – FY2009?  Fill in the 
entire table; if unknown, 	write “UK”, if not applicable write
“NA”, and no enforcement actions were 	conducted write “Zero.”

Industrial Inspections, FY 2005-2009

	Fiscal year

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

# of Industrial Inspections





	

C-4	How many enforcement actions (other than verbal warnings) has your
state issued 	from FY2005 – FY2009 to industrial operators regarding
stormwater permits?  	Fill in the entire table; if unknown, write
“UK”, if not applicable write “NA”, and 	no enforcement actions
were conducted write “Zero.”

	

Industrial Inspections, FY 2005-2009

	Fiscal year

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

# of Industrial Enforcement Actions





	

C-5	Provide any additional information for this Section C in the space
provided below.

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Section D:	Construction Stormwater Program

D-1	What is the size criterion for obtaining a construction general
permit in your state?

	□  5,000 square feet disturbance

	□ 1/2 acre disturbance

	□ 1 acre disturbance

	□ Other_________________________________________________________

D-2	What is the number of permittees in the state Construction Permit
for FY2005 – 	FY2009 for each of the following size categories? Fill
in the entire table; if 	unknown, write “UK”, if not applicable
write “NA”, and no enforcement actions 	were conducted write
“Zero.”

	

□ EPA issued the Construction General Permit in my state.

D-3	Does your state include post construction requirements in your state
construction general stormwater permit?

□ Yes

	□ No

D-4	Does your state review SWPPPs submitted by construction operators?

	□ Yes

	□ No

D-5	Has your state issued state-specific guidance (e.g., SWPPP Guide or
BMP Manual) for construction operators?

	□ Yes

	□ No

D-6	How many construction sites, regulated under the state stormwater
construction 	permit, did your state inspect each year from FY2005 –
FY2009?  Fill in the 	entire table; if unknown, write “UK”, if not 
applicable write “NA”, and no 	enforcement actions were conducted
write “Zero.”

Construction site inspections, FY 2005-2009

	Fiscal year

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

# of Construction Inspections





	

D-7	How many enforcement actions (other than verbal warnings) have you
issued 	each year for FY2005 – FY2009 to construction operators
regarding stormwater 	permits? Fill in the entire table; if unknown,
write “UK”, if not applicable 	write 	“NA”, and no enforcement
actions were conducted write “Zero.”

Construction site enforcement actions, FY 2005-2009

	Fiscal year

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

# of Construction enforcement actions





	

D-8	Provide any additional information for this Section in the space
provided below.

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ection Agency. Thank you.

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