scope:

PURPOSE

To provide instructions for ensuring that MSFC complies with applicable environmental regulations summarized in MPR 8500.1 and MPD 8500.1 regarding stormwater and wastewater compliance. State and Federal laws mandate that storm sewers convey only stormwater and permitted non-stormwater discharges. They also require that wastewater discharges be permitted.

APPLICABILITY 

This MWI applies to Center personnel, programs, projects, and activities, including contractors and resident agencies to the extent specified in their respective contracts or agreements. ("Contractors," for purposes of this paragraph, include contractors, grantees, Cooperative Agreement recipients, Space Act Agreement partners, or other agreement parties.) 

This MWI does not apply to the Michoud Assembly Facility.

This MWI applies the following: all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material. 

This MWI applies the following: all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.

This MWI specifically applies to all underground storage tanks (USTs), aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), hazardous waste/material storage areas, storage yards, construction sites, sandblasting areas, materials handling/fueling areas, equipment parking and maintenance areas, garbage dumpsters, pistol or skeet/trap firing ranges, oil-filled equipment, other activities affecting stormwater quality, cooling towers, boiler blowdown, once-through non-contact cooling water, laboratory sinks, floor drains, emergency eye wash stations, photographic processing wastewater, deionized regeneration wastewater, wash racks and vehicle washing, sanitary sewer overflows, oil water separator (OWS), engine test quench water, fire water, and other sources of wastewater.