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DZSCV3320N OF 3TRNDARD9 AND GUIDANCE: The following are standards and guidance for '.se in considering applications to accept urban storm water drainage into an existing Reclamation facility: 1. Discharce into Delivers/ Facilities: 3ecause of serious water quality concerns, discharges of urban storm water into delivery system facilities (i.e., canals, aqueducts, ere.) shall not be authorized. 2. Applicants: Authorization for urban storm water discharge shall only be granted to established city or county governmental entities because individual developers will be literally "here today and gone tomorrow." Reclamation must deal with entities who are knowledgeable, dependable, and financially solvent, in both the short and long term. As political subdivisions of their state governments, local governments are best suited to these requirements. Proactive partnerships with local governmental entities should be developed and nurtured because such relationships will enable Reclamation to become aware of potential problems and to resolve them before they become trespass. Individual or corporate developers who apply should be advised to seek inclusion of their development within the appropriate local municipal stozm drainage system. Reclamation can then do business with the local gover:unental entity responsible for that system. 3. Costs. Fees. and Waivers: The costs and fees required by 43 CFR 929 may, under certain circumstances be waived. However, while the preferred applicants described in item no. 2 above (i.e., cities and counties) may meet the criteria for waiver, the principal financial beneficiary of an authorization to discharge will usually be a developer. Therefore,~before making a decision to waive a portion of or all costs, consideration must be given to who will be the principal beneficiary of the action. If the principal beneficiary is a developer, Reclamation shall charge the local governmental entity the full administrative and fair market value fees, and encourage the governmental entity to pass the charge on to the developer. Sn order to avoid violating the Antidefici.ency Act, estimated administrative costs will be collected in advance, before work is performed by Reclamation. a. Administrative costs: The administrative costs of reviewing and authorizing applications for storm water discharge shall be borne by the entity who recez•res the benefit (usually the developer). Such expenses include: staff time, paperwork, field reviews, environmental compliance, and appraisal costs. Some administrative costs wail be incurred for all applications, even those which are denied. Reclamation will not absorb such costs. b. Fair ?!arket `/alue Fees: Fair market value represents the actual value of the land andlor facility use being granted, and it must be determined on a case-by-case basis. Reclamation will assess a fair market value fee for use of Reclamation lands and facilities for urban storm water discharge. c. Increased 05M Costs: It is logical to anticipate that 06M costs will increase on Reclamation facilities due to the increased carriage burden of urban storm water drainage. it is not reasonable to expect either Reclamation or its managing partners to absorh increased 06M costs or services. Successful applicants should, therefore, be required to enter into a long-term agreement with Reclamation and its managing partner which provides for cost-sharing, on a pro rata basis, of annual 06M expenses, periodic extraordinary 06M costs, and annual environmental monitoring costs.