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Construction stormwater runoff is listed among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement priorities through 2010. Sign up for AGC’s Nov. 29th audio conference and make sure you are ready for that dreaded day when an inspector knocks on your door.
The agency’s enforcement agenda released in early October announces EPA’s plans to continue its crackdown on Clean Water Act stormwater runoff violations.
EPA plans to target developers of big-box retail stores as well as producers of sand and gravel, crushed stone and ready-mix concrete. The shift comes amid unprecedented growth by giant retailers such as Wal-Mart, which was fined more than $3 million in 2004 for violating the CWA at 24 different construction sites
“The size and diversity of these sectors, and the levels of observed noncompliance, reveal the problem to be national in scope,” the agency wrote in a summary of its stormwater strategy. “Many construction and industrial companies operate nationwide in multiple states, and EPA has the ability to take enforcement actions that address these companies on a national basis.”
The agency estimates that its enforcement activities reduced sediment discharges by nearly 500 million pounds in fiscal 2005 and 2007. Data for all national priority enforcement work in fiscal 2007 will be released next month.
The agency is also studying whether to focus on water pollution from ports, road building and federal facility construction.
Register for AGC’s audio conference, titled Environmental Enforcement Crackdown: Inspection Survival for Contractors, to learn—
* How can you prepare for an inspection?
* What happens during an inspection?
* What should you expect after the inspection?
This Audio Conference is scheduled for Thursday, November 29, 2007, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM (Eastern Time). Visit http://www.agc.org/EnviroInspection to register online.
 
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