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K qAl INTRODUCTION The San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program ( STOPPP) is a consortium of all 20 cities located within San Mateo County and the county. As described further below, many of STOPPP's activities are coordinated through the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County. This partnership also relies on each of the municipalities to implement local stormwater pollution prevention and control activities for their local storm drain systems. Executive Summary system. The Plan, in conjunction with the reissued permit adopted by the Regional Board, is designed to enable STOPPP to meet these requirements. ORGANIZATION OF THE PLAN The Plan is organized around the following five major stormwater pollution prevention and control components: • Municipal Maintenance Industrial and Illicit Discharge Controls This Stormwater Management Plan (Plan) describes what STOPPP will be doing during the five -year period from July 2004 throu -h June 2009 to prevent and control stormwater pollution in San Mateo County. The current Plan has evolved out of the experience developing and implementing nti o previous stormwater management plans that covered the preceding ten year period. The Plan will serve as part of the basis of STOPPP's third National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ( NPDES) permit to be reissued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (Regional Board). As required by the current NPDES permit, the Plan will be submitted to the Regional Board, at least 180 days prior to the permit's expiration on July 21, 2004. The federal Clean Water Act requires stormwater dischargers to reduce pollutants to the maximum extent practicable (MEP) and to effectively eliminate most types of non - stormwater discharges to the storm drain • Public Information and Participation • New Development and Construction Controls • Watershed Assessment and Monitoring Each of the Plan's five major components describes goals, recent achievements and tasks that will be completed over the five year period. The tasks are part of the General Program that will be implemented by STOPPP for the mutual benefit of the municipalities. The achievements portion of each section summarizes activities and progress during the 1999 - 2003 NPDES permit period in order to set the basis for STOPPP's future direction. The appendices to the Plan include the General Program's work plan and budget for FYs 2003/04 and 2004/05 (Appendix A); performance standards that each of the municipalities has committed to implement F \Sm3x1SM33- 02\SWMP TAC Adopted VersionM- EXSUM.DOC ES -1 November 4, 2003