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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 /> jurisdic~ti0nal or regional team. Get together to brainstorm and come up <br /> with a proposal 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 /> · Once 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 aff-ord 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 /> p.rocess 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 'commitl~ing <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, 1997, 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, 1 299 Pennsylvania <br /> Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20004. <br /> The National' Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies <br /> (NAFSMA), 1999b, Survey of Stormwater Phase II Communities, t. 299 <br /> Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington D'C, 20004. <br />Northern Virginia Planning District Commission, 1.994, 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 />4'0 -20.7- <br /> <br /> <br />