Prepare Your Construction Site for the Upcoming Snowmelt!

Warmer Weather is Coming Up! 

 

Protect Minnesota’s waters and make sure your site is ready for spring melt!

 

 

Before snow melt or rainfall, take extra care to ensure all erosion and sediment controls are in place and functioning properly.

Be sure to inspect and maintain before and during spring melt:

 

ü   Silt fences

 

ü   Biorolls

 

ü   Mulch

 

ü   Erosion blankets

 

ü   Sediment basins

 

ü   Inlet protection

 

ü   All other erosion and sediment control BMPs

 

Check for Sediment Deposits in:

 

ü   Surface waters

 

ü   Drainage ditches

 

ü   Site exits

 

ü   Curb and gutters

 

ü   Catch basins

 

ü   Sediment basins

 

ü   Infiltration areas

 

Inspections:

Required inspections (by a trained individual) and maintenance schedule must begin within 24 hours after runoff occurs at the site or 24 hours prior to resuming construction, whichever comes first. Resume inspections meeting permit requirements when site conditions are appropriate.

 

Stabilization:

Initiate soil stabilization immediately on portions of the site, including soil stockpiles, where construction activity has temporarily or permanently ceased and will not resume for 14 days, or no later than 7 days if the construction site is within one mile aerial radius of a special or impaired water. For additional information about stabilizing your site, take a look at the "Site Stabilization" fact sheet found here: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=7421.

Find more information at:

www.pca.state.mn.us/CSW

 

Minnesota Stormwater Hotline

 

651-757-2119 or 800-657-3804