EPA to Require Best Management Practices To Curb Erosion at Construction Sites

摘要

The construction, utility and housing sectors will be required to implement best management practices to prevent erosion at construction sites in lieu of numeric nutrient limits for turbidity in stormwater under a final Environmental Protection Agency rule published March 6 (79 Fed. Reg. 12,661). The new effluent limitations emphasizing best practices to manage erosion and stabilize soils at construction sites are the result of a December 2012 agreement that EPA reached with the Wisconsin Builders Association, the National Association of Home Builders, and the Utility Water Act Group (UWAG) to resolve a lawsuit over portions of the 2009 rule that included numeric limits for stormwater turbidity (Wis. Builders Ass'n v. EPA, 7th Cir., No. 09-4113, 12/21/12).