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someone else? Can you plan to be part of a regional permit? Can you <br /> split the permit requirements with an adjacent entity and perform them <br /> together at savings to both of you? <br /> 6. Get a team together <br /> Once you have answered some of these questions, it is time to pull <br /> the action team together. This may include only your own staff, a <br /> multi-disciplinary staff within your own jurisdiction, or a multi- <br /> jurisdictional or regional team. Get together to brainstorm and come up <br /> with a proposai to the permit writer which has-mutual .benefits. <br /> Remember, permit writers are being encouraged to think regionally and <br /> on a watershed basis. <br /> 7. Develop an action plan <br /> ©rice you have a team, it is time to have a plan. Begin to formulate <br /> what you will need to do to apply for the permit and to carry it out. <br /> What might your program minimums look like? Are there some things <br /> you can do now, over several years, that you cannot afford to do in <br /> any one year, or that will take too long to get going if you wait until <br /> the permit is upon you? Can you begin the program transformation <br /> process now? What about data collection and mapping? Are there <br /> other uses for any data you will collect which will create synergy? <br /> 8. Get started <br />Some things are best started early. But do not jump the gun by committing <br />resources in areas that are not yet anticipated to be firm. Ask the permit <br />writer for his or her opinion. <br />References _ <br /> Center for Watershed Protection, 1 997, The Economics of Stormwater <br /> BMPs in the Mid-Atlantic Region, August. <br /> The National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies <br /> (NAFSMA), 1999a, Phase II Survey Raw Data Report, 1299 Pennsylvania <br /> Ave. NW, Washington DC, 2000z~. <br /> The National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies <br /> (NAFSMA), 1 999b, Survey of Stormwater Phase ~1 Communities, 1299 <br /> Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington D'C, 20004. <br />Northern Virginia Planning District Commission, 1994, Urban Retrofit <br />Techniques: Applicability, Costs, and Cost-effectiveness, November. <br />United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1 995, Economic Benefits <br />of Runoff Controls, EPA 841-S-95-002, September. <br />United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1999, Report to Congress <br />on the Phase II Stormwater Regulations, EPA 833-R99-001, October. <br /> <br />40 <br /> <br /> <br />