A. No regulated earth disturbance activities within the municipality shall commence until the municipality receives or the municipality receives notice of an approval from the Conservation District of an erosion and sediment control plan for construction activities.
B. DEP has regulations that require an erosion and sediment control plan for any earth disturbance activity of 5,000 square feet or more, under 25 Pa. Code § 102.4(b).
C. In addition, under 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 92a, a DEP "NPDES construction activities" permit is required for regulated earth disturbance activities.
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D. Evidence of any necessary permit(s) for regulated earth disturbance activities from the appropriate DEP regional office or County Conservation District must be provided to the municipality. The issuance of an NPDES construction permit (or permit coverage under the statewide general permit (PAG-2) satisfies the requirements Subsection A.
E. A copy of the erosion and sediment control plan and any required permit, as required by DEP regulations, shall be available at the project site at all times.
F. Additional erosion and sediment control design standards and criteria are recommended to be applied where infiltration BMPs are proposed shall include the following:
(1) Areas proposed for infiltration BMPs shall be protected from sedimentation and compaction during the construction phase to maintain maximum infiltration capacity.
(2) Infiltration BMPs shall not be constructed nor receive runoff until the entire contributory drainage area to the infiltration BMP has achieved final stabilization.
9. Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).