Business Inspections
Inspection Program
CCCWP staff administers and manages the various inspection agreements for a Group Inspection Program involving 16 Contra Costa Permittees and three local POTWs (Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Delta Diablo, and West County Wastewater District). Administration of the Group Inspection Program includes:
- Assistance to the Contra Costa Permittees and POTW staff in developing inspection goals, ensuring MRP compliance concerns are integrated into business inspections;
- Training of inspectors to promote consistent inspection services countywide; and,
- Field support to inspectors and municipal staff when needed.
CCCWP develops and/or updates a variety of business outreach materials, including BMPs brochures and posters and a telephone hotline. Stormwater inspectors promote these resources during their inspections.
Training
CCCWP hosted a Commercial/Industrial Stormwater Inspection Training Workshop in July 2020 (PDF). The workshop topics consisted of:
- A Case Study of PCBs Tracking at a Metal Recycling Facility (PDF);
- Residential RVs and Stormwater (PDF); and
- Senate Bill 205 (PDF).
- Senate Bill 205 requires a person applying to a city or county for a new or renewed business license to demonstrate enrollment in a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) storm water permit, if required. Prior to re/issuance of a business license it must be determined whether any of the primary Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes provided by the business are potentially regulated by the NPDES General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities (Industrial General Permit).
Previous Commercial/Industrial Stormwater Inspector Training Workshops hosted by CCCWP include:
May 2018:
- Agenda for FY 2017 18 Comm and Indust Annual Stormwater Inspect Workshop (PDF)
- IGP Inspection Process (PDF)
- Elements of an Effective Enforcement Program (PDF)
- Staying Under the Radar (PDF)
- Training Introduction (PDF)
- Stormwater Inspector Training (PDF)
May 2017:
- Agenda (PDF)
- Presentation Slides – The A to Z of Illicit Discharges (PDF)
- Presentation Slides – Illicit Discharges from Sanitary Sewer Overflows (PDF)
- Panel Session – Illicit Discharge Scenarios (PDF)
May 2016:
April 2015:
- Agenda (PDF)
- PCB- The Stealth Pollutant Training Presentation (PDF)
- PCBs Source Identification Presentation (PDF)
- What to Expect in MRP 2.0 (PDF)
May 2014:
- Agenda (PDF)
- Commercial Industrial Workshop Session 1 Presentation (PDF)
- Introduction and Site Visit Overview Presentation (PDF)
- Clean Water Program Panel Session Enforcement Presentation (PDF)
May 2013:
February 2011:
- Assessing NOI Facilities (PDF)
- BASMAA POC Presentation Attachment D (PDF)
- Benchmark Electronics (PDF)
- ERP and Business Plan for Inspectors (PDF)
- Green Business (PDF)
- Private System Sanitary Sewer Overflows (PDF)
- Saint Mary’s College (PDF)
- Stormwater Enforcement (PDF)