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EROSION AND
SEDIMENT CONTROL
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Environmental Protection Agency and Georgia Environmental
Protection Division (GA EPD) require operators of
constructions sites one acre or larger (including smaller
sites that are part of a larger common plan of development) to
obtain a permit to discharge storm water under an NPDES
construction storm water permit. Also required is the
development and approval of an erosion and sediment control
plan that includes best management practices to ensure that no
polluted runoff leaves the construction site. If these
requirements are not followed, GA EPD may issue significant
penalties, including stop work orders, to ensure the
protection of local streams. |
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