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Draft state MS4 permit would require site-review procedures; towns warn of inspection burden
Summary
DEC staff detailed proposed changes to draft General Permit 3-9014 at the Chittenden County MS4 Subcommittee on May 2, 2023, including new site-plan review and inspection requirements, partial-credit rules for shared projects, and municipal road standards; municipal representatives urged clearer guidance on inspections, long-term BMP maintenance, and crediting for co-permittees.
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation officials presented the draft General Permit 3-9014 for small MS4 stormwater discharges to the Chittenden County MS4 Subcommittee on May 2, 2023, outlining a 30-day public comment period expected in early May, a July 27, 2023 permit expiration and NOI deadline, and staggered deadlines for updated stormwater management plans and post-construction plans.
The draft would tighten requirements on construction review and inspections (MCM#4), require permittees to adopt regulatory mechanisms or policies to ensure erosion and sediment controls and sanctions for noncompliance, and add procedures for site-plan review, comment receipt, and site inspection and enforcement, DEC staff said. Sam Hughes, a DEC representative, said permittees will need to demonstrate a plan to create these regulations rather than have them fully enacted within six months.
The proposed MCM#5 language shared in the meeting chat lists the scope for post-construction stormwater controls for developments that…
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