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<br /> AMENDED AND RESTATED NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
<br />STORMWATER PERMIT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT
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<br />This AMENDED AND RESTATED NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
<br />STORMWATER PERMIT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”), for purposes of
<br />identification numbered [D02-048], and which may be alternatively referred to as
<br />the “OC Stormwater Program Implementation Agreement,” is entered into this ____
<br />day of _________, 2026, by the County of Orange, (herein called the COUNTY), the
<br />Orange County Flood Control District (herein called DISTRICT) and the cities of
<br />Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Dana Point,
<br />Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna
<br />Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, La Habra, La
<br />Palma, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Rancho
<br />Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Seal Beach,
<br />Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, and Yorba Linda (herein called CITIES).
<br />The COUNTY, DISTRICT, and CITIES may be referred to collectively as PERMITTEES
<br />or individually as PERMITTEE, COUNTY, DISTRICT, or CITY, respectively, in this
<br />AGREEMENT.
<br />RECITALS
<br />WHEREAS, the United States Congress in 1987, through the Water Quality
<br />Act, amended Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. 1342(p)) to require
<br />the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to promulgate
<br />regulations for permitting stormwater discharges; and
<br />WHEREAS, EPA regulations require National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
<br />System (“NPDES”) permits for discharges from a municipal separate storm sewer
<br />system (“MS4”)(herein after called MS4 permits), and further require MS4 permits
<br />to include requirements to control pollutants from stormwater discharges; and
<br />WHEREAS, in 1927, the Orange County Flood Control Act created the DISTRICT
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