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Committee adopts amendment to codify local stop-work authority for construction sites under 1 acre in SB 1037
Summary
The Environmental Affairs committee approved Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1037, which codifies parts of the Construction Stormwater General Permit and gives local MS4 providers a formal written-notice and 48-hour correction window before stop-work orders for disturbances under one acre. The committee then passed the bill as amended.
Chairman Niemeyer convened the Environmental Affairs committee to consider Senate Bill 1037 and proposed Amendment 3, which addresses stormwater runoff control on construction sites smaller than one acre.
The amendment, explained by Representative Miller and co‑sponsor Senator Dorio, codifies language consistent with the Construction Stormwater General Permit (CSGP) and clarifies that Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) providers — the local units of government responsible for stormwater — may issue written warnings and, if corrections are not made within 48 hours, may issue stop‑work orders on sites under one acre.
The amendment matters because it moves existing permit-based practices into statute for smaller sites. "This amendment really addresses that particular part of the CSGP," Representative Miller said, adding that the change "codifies what can already be done in the CSGP. So, we're taking it from a rule to codifying it." Senator Dorio said the local provider would issue a written warning and have the right to stop work if sediment or dust control measures were not implemented after 48 hours.
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