Action Steps

Determine which path your project will follow to demonstrate implementation compliance: inspection report, photos, or narrative report. 

All written ESC plans must include the following:

If local standards are equal to or more stringent than the CGP,you'll need to provide a narrative report detailing this. Write the narrative when you do the comparison, so that it's fresh in your mind.  

Determine whether the 2003 EPA CGP or local erosion and sedimentation control standards are more stringent―and follow the more stringent standards.

Establish who will create your ESC and stormwater pollution prevention plans. Usually, the civil engineer creates them, and the contractor is responsible for their onsite implementation. 

In regions where the EPA CGP is not standard practice, compare the local code with the

Review pages B-1 through B-4 of the EPA Construction General Permit (

Compile a list of services for easy review, and confirm that the credit requirement is met. 

Demonstrate through an online tool, picture, or site plan that ten services are accessible by foot from the project site. 

Provide a site-vicinity map, to scale, showing the project site and the one-half mile boundary from the project’s main entrance. Highlight the residential development and ten services within the boundary.