Draft Consolidated Erosion & Stormwater Management Regulation Available

Chapters 68 and 758 of the 2016 Acts of Assembly (the “Consolidation Bill”) combine DEQ’s existing statutory programs relating to erosion and sediment control and stormwater management and directed the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of the Acts. Through consolidating these three chapters, the new regulation clarifies program requirements, eliminates redundancies, and corrects inconsistencies between erosion and sediment control regulations and stormwater management program regulations. No substantive changes to existing erosion and sediment control minimum standards or to the post-construction stormwater management technical criteria are part of this regulatory action.  

The comment period will run from February 8 to April 10, and will include a public hearing on March 15. Following the comment period, DEQ will prepare a written summary of comments received on the draft regulation and the agency’s responses prior to presenting the regulation to the Board for final adoption.