Pennsylvania’s New Construction-Activities NPDES Permit Application Format for 2020 Drives A Greater Awareness of Site Contamination In December 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued new application formats for its NPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater associated with Construction Activities. New packages for the...

Changes to Chesapeake Bay Discharge Monitoring Reporting for Compliance Year 2016 From the desk of Donald R. Hart, Jr., Project Manager In 1976, Congress directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a five-year study of the environmental quality and...

2014 Final Rule – EPA Revises Construction and Development Effluent Guidelines The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized changes to a 2009 Final Rule (40 CFR 450) addressing stormwater discharges from the Construction and Development (C&D) point source category on March...