To develop its SWMP, the Village of Moreland Hills followed the steps detailed below:

1. Formed a Storm Water Management Committee: This committee was created on [insert date]. Members include Council Persons Ted Buczek, Barbara Wolfort, Susan Renda, Service Director(s) Jim Borsi and Ted DeWater, Citizen representative Maclom McFarland and Village Engineer Jeffrey Filarski. Working with CRWP, the Committee reviewed the general requirements of each MCM and inventoried current activities that meet these general requirements.

2. Reviewed the specific requirements of the Ohio EPA draft NPDES Phase II permit: After reviewing the general Phase II requirements and inventorying our existing BMPs, we examined the specific requirements of under each MCM. We determined the extent to which our current activities meet these specific requirements and selected additional BMPs to fill any short falls in our existing programs. Our BMPs were selected based on our financial and legal ability to implement these practices as well as their suitability for our community.

3. Selected measurable goals and assigned responsible parties: After BMPs were selected, we assigned these to specific staff and set dates for implementation.

4.Finalized Storm Water Management Program: Using the Draft developed by CRWP, we finalized our Storm Water Management Program.

5. Held Public Hearings: The Storm Water Management Committee presented the draft SWMP a public hearing on February 12, 2003.

6. Approved: The Moreland Hills Village Council approved the SWMP on [insert date].

MORELAND HILLS DRAFT STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (SWMP)
TABLE OF DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF PURPOSE.

Requirements: The SWMP is required to be submitted, along with the NOI and application fees by March 10th, 2003. Section 3.1.1 of the NPDES final general permit requires the city to develop, implement, and enforce an SWMP designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from small MS4 to the maximum extent practicable (MEP), to protect water quality and to satisfy the appropriate water quality requirement of ORC 6111, and the CWA.....

Acronym	Terminology	Comments/Explanations
BMP	BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES	Means schedule of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures and other management practices to prevent or reduce pollution of the surface waters of the state. BMP also includes treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or drainage from raw drainage storage.
CRWP	Chagrin River Watershed Partners
CWA	Clean Water Act aka.The Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The 1987 amendment required the EPA to establish phased NPDES requirements for storm water discharges. The EPA then issued a series of NPDES permit requirements.
DSW	Division of Surface Water (8 Ohio EPA)
E&SC
EPA (Ohio)	Ohio Environmental Protection Agency	Ohio EPA/Division of Surface Water
WPA (US)	US Environmental Protection Agency	USEPA/Office of Water /Office of Waste Water Management/Municipal Support Division and Water Permits Division
HSTS	Home Sewage Treatment Systems	AKA "Septic Tanks"
MCM	Minimum Control Measures	The six control measures required in the SWMP, as a minimum
MC#1	Pubic Education and Outreach
MCM#2	Public Participation / Involvement	SWMC part of this requirement
MCM#3	Illicit discharge detection and elimination	Primary issue is HSTS
MCM#4	Construction Site Runoff Control	Sites greater than one acre
MCM#5	Post Construction Runoff Control
MCM#6	Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping
MEP	Maximum Extent Practicable	The technology-based discharge standard for municipal separate storm sewer systems to reduce pollutants in storm water discharges that was established by CWA PAR 402 (p). A discussion of MEP as it applies to small MS4s is found in 40 CFR 122.34.
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MS4	Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System	Defined in 40 CFR 122.28 (b)(8). A term of erl. a conveyance or system of conveyances(including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs gutters, ditches, man-made channel, or storm drain that are owned by a public body, used solely for storm water not a
MS4(Large)	Large Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems	Municipalities with populations over 250,000. Covered under phase one.
MS4(Medium)	Medium Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems	Municipalities with populations over 100,000 but less than 250,000. Covered under phase one.
MS4(Small)	Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems	Municipalities with populations less than 100,000. Covered under phase II.
NOI	Notice of Intent	Means the mechanism used to "register" for coverage under a General Permit. Required to be filed by March 10, 2003. Must include application fees and storm water management program (SWMP)
NPDES	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System	Established as a requirement of the CWA
NPDES(permits)	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System(permits)	Permit requirements established by the EPA to meet NPDES requirements. Ohio in turn established it's requirements for communities and industries.
O&M	Operations and Maintenance
SWCD	Soil and Water Conservation District (Cuyahoga County)
SWMC	Storm Water Management Committee	A committee consisting of the three members of Village Council, Village Engineer, Village Service Director, WWTP operator one private citizen.
SWMP	Storm Water Management Program	Refers to a comprehensive program to manage the quality of storm water discharged from the municipal separate storm system. it must include plans for the six MCMs. The SWPM must be submitted along with the NOI application.
TMDL	Total Maximum Daily Load
	Board of Health (Cuyahoga County)
	Chagrin River Watershed	The watershed which Moreland HIlls is part of.
	Control Measures	Refers to any BMP or other method used to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants to surface waters of the state.
	Discharge	When used without a modifier, refers to "discharge of pollutant" as defined in 40 CFR 122.2
	Illicit Discharge	Defined in 40 CFR 122.28 (b)(2) and refers to any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer that is not entirely composed of storm water, except .... and discharge resulting from fire fighting activities.
	NPDES Final General Permit	Ohio NPDES permit number: OHQ000001. Effective December 27, 2002. Expiration date December 26, 2007.
	Rapidly Developing Watersheds
	Regional 208 Plan	Plan adopted by NOACA which defines regional waste water treatment alternatives.
	Solid Waste District (Cuyahoga County)
	Storm Water	Defined in 40 CFR 122(b)(13) and means storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage.
	Storm Water Phase I	US EPA published in federal register on November 16, 1990 (40 VFR 122.26) initial application for certain categories of industrial application and communities greater than 100,000. Ohio EPA issued Phase I requirements on
	Storm Water Phase II	Ohio program effective December 27, 2002 and expires December 26, 2007 that applies to small MS4s.
	Surface Water of The State (Ohio)	Means all streams, lakes, reservoirs, marshes, wetlands, or other waterways situated wholly or partly within the boundaries of the state, except those private waters which do not combine or affect a junction with surface water

Disclaimer: acronyms, terminology and comments/explanations are provided only for convenience of discussion, and they are not intended to be used as a substitute for actual definitions as used in applicable laws.

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