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United States EPA Issues Rule to Reduce Water Pollution from Construction Sites
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule to help reduce water pollution from construction sites. This rule, which takes effect in February 2010 and will be phased in over four years, should significantly improve the quality of water nationwide.
onstruction activities like clearing, excavating and grading significantly disturb soil and sediment. If that soil is not managed properly it can be easily washed off of the construction site during storms and pollute nearby water bodies.
The new Effluent Guidelines for Discharges from the Construction and Development Industry require construction site owners and operators that disturb one or more acres of land to use best management practices to ensure that soil disturbed during construction activity does not pollute nearby water bodies.