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	OnLine Site Report Card Erosion + Sediment Control Field Guide File a Report GTDO Manual + Workbook [click here for the entire manual :: 1.7 mb] Preface How To Use This Manual + Workbook Table Of Contents Introduction Our Mission Project Overview Project Objectives Project Benefits GTDO E-Training Understanding Permits A Brief Overview of the Clean Water Act NPDES Permit For Storm Water Discharges Associated With Construction Activity For Common Developers Basic Requirements Of The General Permit Buffer Requirements Section 404 Requirements and the Corps of Engineers Georgia General Construction Permit Stand Alone Infrastructure Common Development Evaluating a Site Identifying + Monitoring Construction Activities What To Look For Locate The Site On A Map Evaluating A Construction Site Using The Pictorial Field Guide Filling Out The Report Card Calculating A Grade Best Management Practices [BMPs] Structural Vegetative Objectives + Requirements Of An Erosion + Sediment Control Plan [ESPCP] Report Card Site Journal Enforcement Clean Water Act Summary of CWA Introduction to CWA Complete CWA Authority To Interpret + Enforce The Clean Water Act [CWA] US Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] GA Environmental Protection Division [EPD] Local Issuing Authority [LIA] Army Corps Of Engineers Citizens Common Interpretation Problems Under The CWA Buffer Variance State Buffer Definition Of State And Federal Waters GTDO - In Your Watershed Part One I Visit A Construction Site Record Your Findings Contact LIA + EPD File A Report Part Two II Advanced Site Assessment Background Information Identify Appropriate Authorities File A Report Evaluating Government Action Enforcement Logs Next Steps Technical Resources Erosion + Sediment Control [E+SC] Low Impact Development [LID] Stormwater Defining + Mapping Your Watershed Map Resources Conversions + Equations Legal References General Permits Common Development Buffer Rules EPA Document On Sediment Ponds EPD Memorandum On State Waters Glossary Appendices Appendix A: LIA and EPD District Offices Contact Information Appendix B: LIA and EPD District Office Sample Letter Appendix C: Georgia Open Act [GORA] Sample Request Appendic D: Topo and Soil Maps Appendix E: Corps of Engineers [COE] Contact information Appendix F: State Erosion and Sediment Control; Complaint Resolution Procedure Appendix G: Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission [GASWCC] Contact Information Appendix H: Natural Resource Conservation Service [SWCD] Contact Information Appendix I: GA Department of Transportation [GDOT] Contact Information

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