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SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) Permit No. GP-0-24-001 A. MCM1 – Public Education and Outreach Program The MS4 Operator must develop and implement an education and outreach program to increase public awareness of pollutant generating activities and behaviors. This MCM is designed to inform the public about the impacts of stormwater on water quality, the general sources of stormwater pollutants, and the steps the general public can take to reduce pollutants in stormwater runoff. 1. Development Within three (3) years a. Focus Areas i. Surface waters classified as Class A-S, A or B Listed below are surface waters classified as Class A-S, A or B according to New York State’s Part 701 Classifications--Surface Waters and Groundwaters. Areas discharging to these waters are focus areas for the education and outreach program. Because the Class A-S, Class A and Class B surface waters have nearly identical best uses, and because all MS4 Operators in Erie and Niagara County are in within the watershed of a Class A-S, Class A surface water (i.e. Lake Erie, Niagara River or Lake Ontario), the focus area for education and outreach will encompass the entire geographical area of GP-0-24-001 regulated MS4s as depicted in Appendix A. All education and outreach materials will approach water quality protection from the high standards inherent in Class A-S, A and B surface waters. Class A-S and Class A fresh surface waters are a source of water supply for drinking, culinary or food processing purposes; primary and secondary contact recreation; and fishing. The waters are suitable for fish, shellfish and wildlife propagation and survival. • Lake Erie Class A-S • Niagara River Class A-S • Lake Ontario Class A • Eighteen Mile Creek, Middle, and tribs (0104-0017): Class A • Eighteenmile Creek, Upper, and tribs (0104-0039): Class A • Buffalo Creek, Lower, and tribs (0103-0004): Class A • Buffalo Creek, Upper, and minor tribs (0103-0003): Class A Class B fresh surface waters are primary and secondary contact recreation and fishing. These waters are suitable for fish, shellfish and wildlife propagation and survival. • Cayuga Creek, Middle, and minor tribs (0103-0017): Class B • Eighteenmile Creek, Lower, minor tribs (0104-0030): Class B • S. Branch Eighteenmile, Lower, and tribs (0104-0016): Class B • Scajaquada Creek, Upper, and tribs (0101-0034): Class B • Ellicott Creek, Lower, and tribs (0102-0018): Class B • Grand Island, all tribs to Niagara R (0101-0011): Class B • Hampton Brook and Tribs (0104-0041): Class B