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Springdale staff proposes local construction-phase stormwater permit; commission favors tailored option
Summary
Town staff presented four options for managing construction-phase stormwater impacts, including a town-level permit; commissioners favored a tailored local permit with site-specific BMPs and asked staff to refine thresholds and language and return with a draft.
Niall Connolly, the town’s incoming director of community development, presented four options for addressing construction-phase stormwater pollution and managing dust, dirt tracking and concrete washout from job sites. He said the town could either mirror the state’s stormwater permit, apply an existing land-disturbance definition, create a new local definition and permit, or strengthen code enforcement without a separate permit.
Why it matters: commissioners said local rules could let Springdale inspect small projects the state does not typically review and give the town more leverage to document noncompliance for state enforcement if necessary. Staff…
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