Best Management Practices for Routine Flood Control Maintenance Activities

BASMAA Regional Programatic General Permit for Flood Control Maintenance Activities

Regional General Permit For Creek Maintenance Activities That Result in Minimal Threat Summary

Participating Agencies

 

 

 

Flood Control Facility Maintenance Best Management Practices
Prepared by EOA, Inc. for BASMAA (Bay Area Stormwater Managers Association) June 2000

A manual for minimizing environmental Impacts from Stream and Channel Maintenance Activities

Table of Contents

Introduction to Manual

Selecting Appropriate BMPs

Descriptions of BMPs (see table below)

Evaluation of BMP Performance

References & Additional Resources

Field Guide for Flood Control Facility Mainenance BMPs

Individual BMPs for quick reference:

Chemical Use	Certified Pesticide Applicators	Soil Stabilization	Erosion Control Blankets, Mats, and Geotextiles
	Pest Control Equipment Maintenance		Dust Control
	Material Handling		Temporary Stream Crossing
	Spill Prevention & Control		Construction Road Entrance Stabilization
	Pesticide Application and Wind Conditions	Vegetation & Debris Management	Preservation of Existing Vegetation
	Pesticide Application and Aquatic Conditions		Removal of Existing Vegetation
	Pesticide Application and Landscape Conditions		Revegetation After Soil Disturbance
	Concrete Use and Disposal		Debris Removal
Equipment & Vehicles	Equipment & Vehicle Maintenance	Velocity Reduction	Brush or Rock Filter
	Equipment & Vehicle Cleaning		Check Dams
Natural Resources	Channel Protection & Restoration		Slope Roughening or Terracing
	Biotechnical Bank Stabilization		Permanenent Outlet Protection
	Project Planning/ Scheduling		Temporary Outlet Protection
Sediment Control	Stockpiles & Sediment Disposal		Storm Drain Inlet Protection
	Dredging	Water Diversion	Earth Dike
	Sediment Basins		Slope Drain
	Straw or Sand Bag Barriers		Temporary Drains & Swales
	Sediment Trap		Dewatering Nuisance Water
	Silt Fence		In Channel Flow Diversion Systems

 

Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program: P. O. Box 4186 San Rafael, CA 94913-4186 Phone (415) 499-6528, Fax (415) 499-7221, e-mail: mcstoppp@co.marin.ca.us