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Storm Water Compliance Pilot for Construction Sites

EPA's pilot program aims to assist construction sites in storm water compliance, focusing on educating and guiding facilities to achieve and exceed compliance standards. OECA will evaluate the pilot's success to potentially expand it to other priorities. Contact Emily Chow for more information.

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Storm Water Compliance Pilot for Construction Sites

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  1. Post-Inspection Construction Storm Water Pilot By Emily Chow US EPA, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance (OECA)

  2. Background • EPA Region I received the Best Practices Award from OECA in FY04 for its Post-Inspection Letter outreach effort • OECA will pilot the Post-Inspection concept nationwide • The pilot will focus on storm water inspections at construction sites

  3. Focus of Pilot • Capture the ‘teachable moment’ and direct the inspected facility to a web site containing storm water compliance assistance information for construction sites • Help construction sites return to compliance quickly • Help construction sites go beyond compliance even if no deficiency is found during inspection

  4. Implementation • OECA drafted a fact sheet and a construction storm water web site • EPA Regions will do the following: • hand out the fact sheet during inspections or mail it if responsible site official is not available • send post-inspection letters if not using the fact sheet • provide site contact information to OECA • OECA will survey recipients to determine success of pilot

  5. Time Frame • OECA plans to launch the web site in late Spring or early Summer • Pilot will be implemented by EPA Regions through the end of FY07 • OECA will conduct phone and online surveys during the pilot • OECA will summarize findings in a report in FY08 • Based on success of pilot, OECA will determine if pilot should be extended to other OECA priorities in FY08 and beyond

  6. Contact • OECA contact is Emily Chow (202) 564-7071 or chow.emily@epa.gov

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