A. No regulated activities within the Township shall commence until the Township approves a plan which demonstrates compliance with state water quality requirements after construction is complete.
B. BMPs must be designed, implemented and maintained to meet state water quality requirements and any other more stringent requirements as published by the Township.
C. To control postconstruction stormwater impacts from regulated activities, state water quality requirements can be met by BMPs, including site design, which provide for replication of preconstruction stormwater infiltration and runoff conditions, so that postconstruction stormwater discharges do not degrade the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of the receiving waters. As described in the DEP Comprehensive Stormwater Management Policy (No. 392-0300-002, September 28, 2002), this shall be achieved by the following:
(1) Infiltration: replication of preconstruction stormwater infiltration quantities.
(2) Treatment: use of water quality treatment BMPs to ensure filtering out of the chemical and physical pollutants from the stormwater runoff.
(3) Streambank and streambed protection: management of volume and rate of postconstruction stormwater discharges to prevent physical degradation of receiving waters (e.g., from scouring).
D. DEP has regulations that require municipalities to ensure design, implementation and maintenance of BMPs that control runoff from new development and redevelopment after regulated earth disturbance activities are complete. These requirements include the need to implement postconstruction stormwater BMPs with assurance of long-term operations and maintenance of those BMPs.
E. Evidence of any necessary permit(s) for earth disturbance activities must be provided to the Township.
F. BMP operations and maintenance requirements are described in Article IV of this chapter.