Stormwater Permit Regulations Modified to Include Small Sites
Builders, especially in single-family subdivisions, will now need stormwater general permits for construction sites as small as 1 acre as part of the new construction stormwater general permit requirements the state Department of Ecology released recently, according to today's Daily Journal of Commerce. The law becomes effective Dec. 16, 2005. The DJC quotes Jeff Killelea, Ecology's lead permit writer, as summarizing the three big changes in the new permit: the drop from 5 acres to 1 acre in site size; water quality monitoring requirements; and special provisions for some sites that discharge into polluted waters. For further info: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/construction/small_const.html
