San Jose City Council
December 13, 2022

Direct Discharge Trash Control Program
Plan Approval
Kerrie Romanow, Director, Environmental Services Department Rajani Nair, Deputy Director, Environmental Services Department Ragan Henninger, Deputy Director, Housing
Andrea Flores Shelton, Deputy Director, Parks and Recreation Neighborhood Services December 13, 2022
Item 6.5
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Permitting Authority
U.S. EPA
State Water Resources
Control Board
Regional Water Quality
Control Board (9 regions)
MS4* (NPDES)
* MS4 = Municipal separate storm sewer system
1968 Porter – Cologne Act –
EPA authorizes State Water
Resources Control Board
2 Permit Provision* City Departments
ESD DOT Housing PBCE PRNS PW Airport Fire OED
C.2 Municipal Operations
C.3 New Development and Redevelopment (GSI)
C.4 Industrial and Commercial Site Controls
C.5 Illicit Discharge and Detection Elimination
C.6 Construction Site Control
C.7 Public Information and Outreach
C.8 Water Quality Monitoring
C.9 Pesticides Toxicity Control
C.10 Trash Load Reduction
C.11,
C.12,
C.13
Mercury, PCBs, and Copper Controls
C.15 Exempted and Conditionally Exempted Discharges
C.17* Discharges Associated with Unsheltered Homeless
Populations
C.20* Cost Reporting
C.21* Asset Management
C.22 Annual Reports
Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit Provisions – Effective July 1, 2022 *New provision in MRP 3.0
3 Background: Direct Discharge Trash Control
Program
 First implemented in 2016
 Plan Update Due January 3, 2023
 15% Trash Load Reduction Credit
 Discharge Prohibition
4 Why It Matters?
 Waterways impaired by polluted
discharges from populations
experiencing unsheltered homelessness
 3,200 tons trash removed
Fiscal Year Removal Goal
(per MRP)
Actual Tons
Removed
FY 16-17 67 tons 581 tons
FY 17-18 67 tons 890 tons
FY 18-19 200 tons 526 tons
FY 19-20 186 tons 446 tons
FY 20-21 186 tons 349 tons
FY 21-22 186 tons 432 tons
5 Stormwater
Permit
Requirements
for DDTCP Plan
Update
Increase emergency, transitional, and/or permanent housing Increase Trash and sanitary services
Increase services such as RV safe parking areas and pump out services
Increase services such as Social services to help unsheltered homeless transition to housing
Prioritize housing and services to people experiencing
unsheltered homelessness who are living near waterways
Monitor, effectiveness assessment, and report
6 Direct Discharge Planned Programs -
Housing
Community Plan to End Homelessness
 Point in Time Survey
 City/County Supportive Housing System
 Construct new affordable housing and
preserve existing affordable housing
 Expand emergency, transitional housing
 Safe Parking Program for lived-in vehicles
 Services Outreach Assistance and
Resources (SOAR)
 Portable restrooms and hand washing
stations, mobile showers, laundry services
7 Direct Discharge Planned Programs – PRNS –
Encampment Management
 Trash collection services
 Cash 4 Trash
 Escalated cleanups
 Abatements
 Interagency Team
 Contract
8 Direct Discharge Planned Programs –
Interdepartmental and Interagency
 Partnerships with Nonprofits (Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful, South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition, The Trash Punx, San Jose Conservation Corps)  Partnerships with Valley Water, County of Santa Clara Department of Supportive Housing
 Structural deterrents
 Abandoned vehicle abatement
 Monitoring, Effectiveness
Evaluation, Reporting
9 Next Steps
 Submit DDTCP Plan Update to Water
Board by January 3, 2023
 Water Board to determine if City will be
eligible to obtain the 15% credit through
June 2025
 Evaluate effective programming across City
Departments to meet Permit Mandates
10 Direct Discharge Trash Control Program
Plan Approval
Kerrie Romanow, Director, Environmental Services Department Rajani Nair, Deputy Director, Environmental Services Department Ragan Henninger, Deputy Director, Housing
Andrea Flores Shelton, Deputy Director, Parks and Recreation Neighborhood Services December 13, 2022
Item 6.5