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National Menu of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Stormwater Documents

Measurable Goals Guidance for Phase II Small MS4s (pdf) (623.61 KB)
Designed to help small MS4 operators comply with the measurable goals permitting requirements.

Public Education & Outreach on Stormwater Impacts

Key BMPs and resources

Phase II Public Education and Outreach Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (pdf) (232.14 KB)

Public Involvement/Participation

Key BMPs and resources

Getting in Step: Engaging and Involving Stakeholders in Your Watershed (pdf) (1.34 MB)
Provides the tools needed to effectively identify, engage, and involve stakeholders throughout a watershed to restore and maintain healthy environmental conditions.

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE)

Key BMPs and resources

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination: A Guidance Manual for Program Development and Technical Assessments (pdf) (9.31 MB)
Center for Watershed Protection's comprehensive manual that includes details on creating and managing an IDDE program, implementation timelines, information on estimating program costs in terms of capital and personnel expenses, and types of testing used to detect stormwater illicit discharges.
Stormwater Phase II fact sheet on the IDDE minimum measure (pdf) (275.38 KB)

Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control

Key BMPs and resources

Phase II Fact Sheet on Construction Site Runoff Control (pdf) (256.1 KB)

BMP fact sheets

Erosion Control

Compost Blankets (pdf) (887.34 KB)

Sediment Control

Silt Fences (pdf) (1.18 MB)

Good Housekeeping/Materials Management

Concrete Washout (pdf) (929.18 KB)

Resources

Other

Kentucky Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control Field Guide (pdf) (2.54 MB)

Post-Construction Stormwater Management in New Development & Redevelopment

Resources

Other

Municipal Guide to Low Impact Development (pdf) (88.31 KB)
Presents the benefits of LID in a two-page fact sheet.
Department of Housing and Urban Development's The Practice of Low Impact Development (pdf) (3.32 MB)
Describes LID and alternatives to conventional design approaches.

Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operators

Potential pollutants likely associated with specific municipal facilities (pdf) (128.74 KB)
Table listing the pollutants that are typically associated with municipal facilities and municipal activities.

Resources

Other

Example Good Housekeeping Practices - Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program (pdf) (123.81 KB)
Example guidance document for municipality pollution prevention/good housekeeping best management techniques (pdf) (129.98 KB)
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning