The City of Tacoma has a newly issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Stormwater permit, which regulates the discharge of stormwater runoff to the City's separate storm sewer, which drains directly to local waterways.

Documents related to the NPDES permit submittal process to the Department of Ecology are as follows:

March 31, 2009 submittals
Feb 16, 2009 submittals 
Aug. 15, 2008 submittals 
March 31, 2008 submittals 
Feb. 16, 2008 submittals 

March 31, 2009, NPDES permit submittals

NPDES 2008 Annual Report 

Attachment A: Stormwater Management Program
Table of Contents
Report
Appendix A - Public Participation Plan
Appendix B - Tacoma Municipal Code 12.08
Appendix C - NPDES Internal Coordination Memorandum
Appendix D - Environmental Services Commission Overview
Appendix E - Surface Water Capital Improvement Program 2008-2012

Attachment B: Program Evaluation and Other Activities Narrative
Attachment B1 - Notification of any changes to authorization pursuant to Permit Section G19.C
Attachment B2 - Summary of actions taken pursuant to Permit Section S4.F -
Attachment B3 - City of Tacoma Stormwater Management Program Assessment
Attachment B4 - Update to Structural Stormwater Control Program 2009-2013 Surface Water Capital Improvement Program
Attachment B5 - Summary of Actions taken to comply with applicable TMDL requirements
Attachment B6 - Brief description of stormwater monitoring studies not part of Tacoma's Annual Stormwater Monitoring Report
Attachment B7 - Operation and Maintenance Records
Attachment B8 - Notification of any annexations, incorporations, or jurisdictional boundary changes in Tacoma
Attachment B9 - City of Tacoma Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Maps
Attachment B10 - City of Tacoma Internal Coordination Memorandum
Attachment B11 - Draft Intergovernmental Coordination
Attachment B12 - Inventory of Pollution Generation Sources
Attachment B13 - Map of 2008/09 Illicit Connection Field Screening Completed
Attachment B14 - Regional Road Maintenance ESA Program Quarterly Reports for 2008
Attachment B15 - Examples of Education and Outreach Publications distributed during 2008
Attachment B16 - Summary, Measurement and Assessment of Education and Outreach Programs
Attachment B17 - Public Education Measurement Effort Cigarette Litter Reduction Pilot Study

Attachment C:
Thea Foss and Wheeler-Osgood Waterways - 2008 Stormwater Source Control Report  
Thea Foss and Wheeler-Osgood Waterways Stormwater Monitoring (August 2001-2008 Report)  

Feb. 16, 2009, NPDES permit submittals

Cover letter
Appendix 1  Standard Operating Procedure for Asset Addition into GovMe/City Storm System Maps
Appendix 2  Private Systems Mapping Progress Completed Quarter Sections Year End 2008
Appendix 3  Draft Ingergovernmental Agreement to Clarify Roles and Responsibilities Between Interconnected Municipal Separate Storm Sewers/Agendas for Coordination Activities
Appendix 4  Business Inspection Public Education Materials/Business Inspector Area Map/Inspection Flow Chart; Sample Field Inspection Report 
Appendix 5  Environmental Compliance Inspector Training Matrix
Appendix 6  IDDE Internal Staff Training Video (to come)
Appendix 7  Building Permit Inspection Record Cards
Appendix 8  Storm Water Detention and Treatment Facilities Operation and Maintenance Manual
Appendix 9  Flooding Emergency Response Plan
Appendix 10  Tacoma Sweeping Districts Map; Sewer Transmission Maintenance Areas Map; Storm Systems Maintenance completed in 2008 and 2007
Appendix 11  Training Presentation - Understanding Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control; Training Class Roster; Training Curriculum
Appendix 12  Fleet Operations Maintenance Facility Storm Water Prevention Plan (SWPPP)

Aug. 15, 2008, NPDES permit submittals

Cover letter to the Department of Ecology
Draft Capital Improvement Projects list
Environmental Compliance Support Inspector Training Matrix
Training: Understanding Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control
Environmental Compliance Field Inspection Report
Commercial and Multi-family Facilities/Inventory of Pollution Generating Sources
IDDE training record 
IDDE training topics
Inspector assignment area map
Tacoma Municipal Code 12.08
Explanation of the Inventory of Pollution Generating Sources

March 31, 2008, NPDES permit submittals Click here.

2007 NPDES Annual Report
2008 Stormwater Management Plan

Feb. 16, 2008, NPDES permit submittals

• Cover letter to the Department of Ecology
• Joint Executive Order Memorandum from City Manager and Tacoma Public Utilities Director
• NPDES Legal Authority Code References for City of Tacoma
• 2008 DRAFT City of Tacoma Surface Water Management Manual*
• Storwmater Capital Improvement Program 2008-2012: List of Proposed Projects
• Stormwater Capital Improvement Program 2008-2012: Map of Proposed Project Locations
• Environmental Services Science & Engineering Organizational Chart
• Sample Environmental Compliance Field Inspection Report
• Excerpts from Regional Road Maintenance Endangered Species Act (ESA) Program Guidelines Manual
• Summary of existing Stormwater Public Education and Outreach Programs
• Tacoma Environmental Services Customer Survey (April 2005)

* Please note that items marked DRAFT are works in progress and their contents have not been approved. If you are looking for the current Surface Water Management Manual, please click here.

For more information, contact Shauna Hansen at (253) 502-2119 or by e-mail.

Questions? Contact Community Relations.