Legal and Regulatory
Stormwater Runoff From Construction Activities Subject to New EPA 2017 General Permit
Contractors must be prepared for the EPA's new Stormwater Construction General Permit, which applies to land clearance and disturbance activities greater that 1 acre and requires site operators to comply with best management practices, effluent limits and other permit requirements, including developing a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan.
By Shelby Wood
April 19, 2017
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Legal and Regulatory
by Shelby Wood
Shelby Wood is an Environmental and Real Estate Associate in the Kansas City, Missouri office of Spencer Fane LLP. He earned his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he served as Editor in Chief of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, an international law journal at the University of Iowa.\r\n
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