City of Southlake

Required Contractor Training:

Storm Water Runoff at Construction Sites, Why This is Important to Everyone

As part of the Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance the City adopted, all personnel who work on a construction site must receive training on, at a minimum, an awareness of the erosion and sediment controls that are commonly used at construction sites to prevent storm water pollution. The City provides this information for free; however, the contractor must show proof of receiving this information. In order to provide the best service possible, the City requires that you, at a minimum, review this presentation, Storm Water Runoff at Construction Sites, Why This is Important to Everyone. When completed, you will be asked a set of questions and evaluated at the Building Inspections counter located at Southlake Town Hall Suite 250before your registration as a contractor can be completed.

If you have attended any type of training, presentation, or other informative meeting in the past where you feel that you have met the minimum requirement above, you may bring information, including the following to Daniel Cortez, Planner I, at 1400 Main St., Suite 310, Southlake, TX 76092. He will evaluate the information and approve the training if found acceptable. Please bring:

• A certificate of attendance or other proof of attendance,
• A summary of the information provided at the training or meeting,
• Any other information

At the completion of this process, your registration as a contractor with the City of Southlake will be completed.

Storm Water Management Plan

The amendments to the Clean Water Act of 1987 included new regulations for certain small urbanized municipalities, like the City of Southlake, known as the Phase II Final Rule. This regulation requires that the City of Southlake take measures to protect waterways from polluted runoff. These measures are selected and developed by the City to meet three goals: reduce the discharge of pollutants to the "maximum extent practicable", protect water quality, and satisfy the appropriate water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act.

The City of Southlake has produced a Storm Water Management Plan outlining the measures the City will develop over the next five years. These include measures to increase public awareness, increase public involvement in the management of water quality in storm water, find and eliminate illicit discharges, change municipal operations that may lead to polluted discharges, enforce construction site erosion control, and enforce post-construction site runoff control.

Staff Contact:

Christi Upton, Environmental Coordinator

(817) 748-8638

Public Works Operations

1950 E. Continental Blvd.

Southlake, TX 76092

Storm Water Quality Management for Construction Sites

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) requires that all construction sites comply with TXR 150000, the Construction General Permit. Part II, Section E, 3.(e) of the permit requires that copies of all signed Notices of Intent (NOI) and Construction Site Notices be sent to the MS4 (the City of Southlake, if within the city limits). You may send your copy to:

Staff Contact:

Daniel Cortez, Planner I

(817) 748-8070

City of Southlake

1400 Main St., Suite 320

Southlake, TX 76092

Ordinance No. 946, adopted October 7, 2008, requires that construction sites utilize Erosion and Sediment Controls to the maximum extent practicable. This ordinance will require that the Construction Site owner/operator make some changes to their day-to-day operations regarding erosion control. The following section highlights important aspects of the ordinance:

1. All sites disturbing more than one acre of land or which are a part of a Common Plan of Development that disturbs more than one acre of land will provide erosion and sediment control plans to the City. Submit the Erosion & Sediment Control Plan Submittal Form along with all necessary documentation and plans required. The City will be enforcing the Construction General Permit issued by TCEQ, which governs sites disturbing more than one acre of land.
2. All sites, regardless of size, are expected to utilize erosion and sediment controls to the maximum extent practicable. The City reserves the right to extend the responsibility of the owner/operator of a site, regardless of size, to provide plans and/or commence regular inspections of the site if the City sees the need to do so. This Erosion and Sediment Control Manual will assist construction site owners/operators in understanding the ordinance and their responsibilities.
3. All sites disturbing more than one acre of land or part of aCommon Plan of Development that disturbs more than one acre of land will conduct inspections regularly and record the findings on a website provided by the City of Southlake. PermiTrackESC is a web-based tool through SEH, Inc. The City will be using this inspection tracking tool to assist in inspections of construction sites. Registered users (Owner/Operator/Contractor/Other Party) will use this tool to update erosion and sediment control inspections at an active construction site. This is a Guide to using PermiTrackESC.
4. City of Southlake staff will be inspecting Erosion and Sediment Control in addition to all other inspections. Staff will be inspecting your site for erosion and sediment control. Inspections will be recorded on the same website you have been assigned for your review. Inspections and complaints that result in violations can result in fines and other administrative enforcement.
5. Contractors must attend training on storm water pollution prevention at a construction site before commencement of work at that site. By May 5th, 2009, the City will be requiring contractors to attend a training program. The City will provide training and/or accept an appropriate certificate of training from elsewhere.

Related Links:

• Storm Water Utility and Fees
• Building Applications and Fees

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