Guidance for construction stormwater

Compliance guidance

• Construction Stormwater Brochure (wq-strm2-111)
• 10 Steps to Stormwater Pollution Prevention on Small Residential Construction Sites (wq-strm2-106)
• Stormwater Compliance Assistance Toolkit for Small Construction Operators (wq-strm2-09)
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• Training requirements for the Construction Stormwater Permit (wq-strm2-31)
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) (wq-strm2-29)
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) checklist (wq-strm2-47)
• Construction SWPPP template (wq-strm2-12)
• Construction stormwater inspection checklist (wq-strm2-36)
• NPDES construction stormwater permits: Transferring, modifying, subdividing and terminating coverage (wq-strm2-60i)
• Homeowner fact sheet: Erosion prevention and sediment control (wq-strm2-07)
• Reporting Construction Site Stormwater Discharges (wq-strm2-105)
• Construction stormwater permit timelines (wq-strm4-90)

Best management practices

• Construction stormwater best management practices
• Stormwater construction inspector's field guide (wq-strm2-11)
• Stormwater construction inspection guide (wq-strm2-10)
• Top 5 Construction Stormwater Permit Violations (wq-strm2-38)
• Perimeter control (wq-strm2-26)
• Temporary natural buffers for surface water and permanent buffers to special waters (wq-strm2-30)
• Constructing Infiltration Systems (wq-strm2-37)
• Concrete, paint, stucco and other washout guidance (wq-strm2-24)
• Site stabilization (wq-strm2-25)
• Vehicle tracking (wq-strm2-27)
• Stormwater inlet protection (wq-strm2-28)

Topic-specific guidance

• Dewatering and basin draining (wq-strm2-107)
• Common plan of development (wq-strm2-22)
• Solar Sites and Stormwater Management
• Crop production on NPDES/SDS permitted sites
• Agricultural conservation practice projects: Guidance regarding NPDES/SDS construction stormwater permit requirements (wq-strm2-16)
• Drainage ditch projects (wq-strm2-17)
• Road construction concrete slurry guidance
• Stormwater BMP: Concrete washout (U.S. EPA)
• Forest road exemption (wq-strm2-15)
• Linear Utility Projects - Guidance Regarding Construction Stormwater Permit Requirements (wq-strm2-46)
  • Sediment controls on linear utility projects (wq-strm6-04)
• Construction stormwater emergency application overview (wq-strm2-32)
• Construction stormwater: Preventing further damage after floods (wq-strm2-18)
• Owner responsibilities under the construction stormwater permit (wq-strm2-14)
• Untreated stormwater runoff to lakes, streams, and wetlands (wq-strm4-28)
• Construction stormwater: Owner vs. operator (wq-strm2-110)

Minnesota rules

• Stormwater Regulatory Program, Chapter 7090
• Waters of the State, Chapter 7050

Additional resources

• Stormwater discharges from construction activities (U.S. EPA)
• International Stormwater Best Management Practices database
• Drainage and Erosion Control (University of Minnesota)
• Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies (Penn State University)
• Wildlife-friendly erosion control (Minnesota DNR)