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Note: It is up to the plan preparer to
calculate the disturbed acreage.
Disturbed acreage should include all land disturbed for roads,
utilities, stormwater retention or detention, and development on
individual lots that are included in the plan.
For each lot in a residential subdivision, the state assumes ½-acre
of land disturbance OR the total lot size if the lot is smaller than a
half acre. Plan preparers
should assume the same amount of disturbance unless it can be proven
otherwise.
After submittal, the SWCD has 28 days to review the plans.
Once a plan review is complete, showing the plan to be adequate, the
owner must submit a Notice
of Intent (NOI) to IDEM, along with a $100 fee and proof of publication
in a local newspaper. Construction
may begin 48 hours after the postmarked date of the NOI.
Also required of the developer/permittee is the posting of
the Notice of Intent (NOI) on-site with the location of the Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and the contact person(s) for viewing the
SWPPP and the weekly inspection reports.
If construction is not finished by December 31 of the second year of site work,
the owner must submit a
renewal application to the SWCD.
A complete SWPPP is not required, but a filing fee of $100 is required.
According to Federal, State, and local
regulations, a site developer/permittee is required to conduct site
inspections a minimum of:
- Once a week, AND
- By the end of the
next business day, after each ½” storm event until the Notice of
Termination (NOT) is filed and approved. These inspection reports must be
available within 48 hours upon request by an inspecting authority (Town,
City, County, SWCD, State, or Federal).
A SWPPP construction site self inspection report (cover
page and
inspection form) has been adapted from an EPA document by the Greater
Elkhart County Stormwater Partnership for every developer / permittee to
use.
Local inspecting
authorities in Elkhart County WILL be requesting copies of your self
inspection reports when reviewing your site for a complaint or during
routine inspections.
This
SWPPP Construction Self Site Inspection Report Example is for a
commercial or industrial site but can be easily adapted to a residential
site. The Report form itself is a working document and if you have any
feedback on how this document could be improved please let Jason Kauffman
know. Our goal is to better serve you as the developer/permittee and to
provide you with the tools to control erosion and sediment on your
construction site.
We are available to provide
technical assistance and/or training by request and we will be providing
formal training sometime in the future.
When all construction is finished and the site is stable, the owner must submit
a
Notice
of Termination (NOT) to the SWCD.
The
SWCD will visit the site one last time, and if it is stable, will send the NOT
to IDEM.
Site
inspections must be continued until the approved NOT form is received by
the developer / permittee. |
