TMDl Eligibilily � Permanent stabilization = restore to 70% of whatever level of cover was natural to the site. Document whether the water body that may receive your Contacts & Information Note: silt fence should be removed once a site is storm water discharges has an EPA approved "Total � permanently stabilized. Maximum Daily Load" (TMDL) waste load allocation for sediments and other construction-related pollutants, and EPA if so, describe the techniques and controls you will use to Abby Swaine, EPA New England stay within this "pollution budget." Assistance Program Best management and 617.918.1841 Storm Water at [email protected] compliance tips What to do next Chris Jendras, EPA New England Construction � Disturb the smallest area possible. Assistance Program � Leave as much original/natural vegetation as possible. 617.918.1845 The SWPPP and How To Use Il � Stabilize disturbed areas as soon as possible. [email protected] Sites � Implement it, and maintain all controls (remove � Sequence activities carefully to minimize rework and Thelma Murphy, EPA New England sediment from traps and ponds when 50% full). impacts from one portion of the site on another. Storm Water Coordinator � Keep it on-site during work hours. � Avoid steep or unstable slopes and areas with soils � Keep records in the plan of when major grading susceptible to erosion. 617.918.1615 [email protected] occurs, when activities are suspended or cease, and � Time construction activities to limit the impact from when stabilization starts. seasonal climate changes or severe weather. http://cfpub1.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/cgp.cfm � Begin to stabilize soils within 14 days of temporarily � Create as little new impervious (paved) surface as or permanantly ceasing disturbance. possible. Conneclicul � Modify the SWPPP within 7 days of detecting a Don't mix other waste streams (such as vehicle wash � Chris Stone, CT Dept. of Environmental Protection problem. water containing detergent) with storm water. 860.424.3850 � Incorporate all applicable local and state sediment http://dep.state.ct.us/pao/ Inspecling lhe Sile and erosion controls (storm water management) into download.htm#StormwaterConstructionGP (scroll down Inspect all areas and controls once every 7 days, OR your pollution prevention plan. � to General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater and once every 14 days and within 24 hours of a 1/2-inch Dewatering Wastewaters from Construction Activities) storm � OR once a month if stabilized or frozen. Maine � Keep inspection records: who, when, weather since David Ladd, ME Dept. of Environmental Protection last inspection, findings, corrective action taken. 207.287.5404 http://www.state.me.us/dep/blwq/docstand/ Finishing Up stormwater/construction.htm � Submit a Notice of Termination (NOT) within 30 days after the site has been permanently stabilized, or Rhode Island Greg Goblick, RI Dept. of Environmental Management temporarily stabilized and transferred to a new owner. 401.222.4700, ext. 7265 http://www.state.ri.us/dem/programs/benviron/ water/permits/ripdes/stwater/pdfs/consfact.pdf Vermonl Stephanie Lanphear, VT Dept. of Environmental Conservation This brochure outlines the federal permit and program 802.241.3770 for construction activities. See Part 9 of the NPDES http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/ Construction General Permit for Storm Water Discharges permits.htm#cgp (scroll down to Construction ...) from Construction Activities for additional Massachu- setts and New Hampshire state permit conditions. This hrochure provides highlights of u.s. EPA s storm water requirements for construction activity. It is not intended to A Guide to the For construction projects in Connecticut, Maine, Rhode he a comprehensive list of all requirements that pertain to Island and Vermont, please contact your state environ- construction activity. mental agency to find out how they are implementing Federal Requirements the federal program. 901-F-03-005 November 3, 2003 � Could storm water from the site collect and travel � Determine if your activity is covered (see "Eligibility" � Estimate the total area expected to be disturbed, What is the problem through a pipe, ditch, swale, road, or storm-created section of the permit). including off-site borrow and fill areas. channel (like a gully dug in a bare slope)? � Develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan � Include a general location map with enough detail to with storm water? � Could storm water from the site be discharged to a (SWPPP) as outlined in the permit. identify the location of the construction site and water "water of the U.S." (stream, pond, river, ocean, or � Keep the SWPPP on site. Do not submit it to EPAA Make bodies within one mile of the site. sure it's being followed and be prepared to show it to EPA Develop a site map showing When rain falls or snow melts, the water that runs wetland) or to a separate storm drain system that � inspectors who may visit your site. • storm water flow directions and slope grades off construction sites can wash sediment, chemicals and itself discharges to a surface water? � Submit to EPA a Notice of Intent (NOI) to be covered by the • areas of soil disturbance other pollutants into adjacent properties, storm drains, and permit. • locations of major structural and nearby streams, ponds and rivers. Erosion from a one-acre � After you submit your NOI (electronically or by non-structural storm water controls construction site can discharge as much as 20 to 150 tons Other Permits regular mail) to EPA, EPA will post your NOI at • offsite storage areas for materials, wastes, of sediment in one year if not http://cfpub1 epa gov/npdes/stormwater/ equipments and borrow/fill properly managed. Sedi- This permit is a separate requirement from other federal, noi/noisearch cfm • surface waters ments reduce the storage state or local programs or permits. For example, you may � You are authorized under the permit once your NOI • discharge locations capacity of drains and wa- also need approval from state or local agencies (conser- is shown in "Active" status. NOIs listed as "Active" terways, causing flooding vation commissions, soil and erosion control agencies or have been posted on the EPA web site for 7 days (the and stream bank scouring. districts, etc.) to discharge to, or perform construction Conlrols lo reduce pollulanls "Waiting" period), and are not "On Hold" due to Sediments and the chemi- activities near a waterway, wetland, floodplain or In this section of the plan describe eligibility concerns (like impact on impaired surface cals that cling to them can municipal storm sewer (storm drain). waters or endangered species). also reduce fish popula- � Erosion and sediment controls and storm water � EPA will attempt to contact you regarding any tions, contaminate shellfish management methods and devices that will be used, problems or delays, but you must ensure you are beds, close swimming Who should apply when and where they will go in, and who will install authorized before starting work by checking the beaches and foster algae and and maintain them. web site or calling EPA's NOI Processing Center weed growth. Construction site erosion can also mean loss for a permit? � Temporary and permanent stabilization measures and at 866.352.7755. of valuable top soil, rework to reduce damage to slopes when they will be used. � Within 30 days after the project is done and fully and structures, and complaints from neighbors and local Any "operator" having control over construction plans and � How discharges of construction-related pollutants other officials. stabilized, you must file a Notice of Termination (NOT). specifications, or control over day-to- day site work, should than sediments-such as trash, fuels and oils from apply for permit coverage. Operators needing permit vehicles and chemicals from stored products like Staying in compliance with the general permit includes: coverage can include the property owner, developer, fertilizer-will be prevented by storing them out of the making sure that your storm water pollution prevention plan The Permit general contractor, construction manager, etc. Each weather, preventing and cleaning up spills, etc. addresses all the permit requirements; maintaining the plan on operator (there may be more than one for a site) should � How pollution from dedicated industrial operations site; recording when major earth disturbing and stabilization The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to be covered by the (concrete & asphalt plants, etc.) will be minimized. work occurs; inspecting the site; logging all self-inspection a General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from permit. Owners who have no control over the plans and � Measures to minimize dust and vehicle tracking of findings and results (see the permit for more information); and Construction Activities that outlines the steps that construc- specs and have no control over day-to-day site work are sediments off-site. updating the plan as necessary. tion site operators must take to help prevent these prob- not operators, and therefore are not required to apply for lems. Permit coverage is required for storm water dis- permit coverage. Subcontractors whose activities are di- Endangered Species Eligibilily charges from construction activity (including clearing, grad- rected by another operator do not need to apply for per- The Storm Water Pollution Document how you determined whether federally-listed ing, and excavating) that disturbs at least 1 acre of soil. mit coverage. endangered species or critical habitat could be affected Prevention Plan (SWPPP) by your construction activity and discharges, and if so, In New England, this permit applies in Massachusetts how you will prevent harm. and New Hampshire However, CT, ME, RI, and VT How do I get Here are some highlights of what to include in your SWPPP. have adopted the EPA program and issued their own per- Please read the construction general permit for the complete mits with some additional requirements. permit coverage? list of requirements. The first thing you should do is to get a copy of the permit. The EPA Does my construction site permit-NPDES General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Sile Informalion Construction Activities-and all forms and directions are on EPA's need permit coverage? � Identify all operators for the project site and the web site at http://cfpub1 epa gov/npdes/stormwater/ portions over which each operator has control. cgp cfm. (Call one of the EPA contacts listed on the back � Describe the project (e.g., housing, shopping mall, It does if you answer "yes" to all of the following questions. panel if you do not have internet access.) Use this permit highway, etc.). for MA and NH projects. � Describe the sequence and timing of activities that will Will the project disturb (through clearing, grading, � disturb soil at the site. excavating, etc.) one or more acres of land, either by Here's how to get coverage under the EPA general permit. itself or as part of a larger project?