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NC-2009 SSp1:Construction Activity Pollution Prevention

Contractor documentation of compliance

Construction of our project has been completed and ESC plan was followed. We have the superintendant's log reports for all the days silt fence was checked or fixed. The logs do not include much information other than "silt fence installed" and "silt fence checked". Will this documentation be sufficient? There is no place for a contractor's initials (as in other credits where constractor is verifying compliance). Can I upload the documents or does the contractor need to in order to document where they originated?

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Wed, 05/23/2012 - 19:54

I hade recently posted a question and finally discovered my own answer, but I will first respond to yours as it is missing crucial information. If your project was on a relatively flat and geographically isolated lot, your reports may be just about all you need. There should be other related notes in there also that you may be overlooking. This assumes that a silt fence was the only control method sitted as required in your ESC. Otherwise most standards require that your notes track or mention each of the critical control points (ie dust control, site runoff water/dirt/rock, and a few others. On a minimum this should have included an entry and exit point with some method in place to reduce and prevent runoff. A perimeter fence with dust shield tarps applied and a silt fence at a min 3 ft offset. They should also mention dust control as being either temporary cover of rock or frequent water truck applications.

Thu, 05/24/2012 - 15:16

The site is not geographically isolated, but rather in a relatively urban area. It is a very flat previously developed site. Yes, our ESC also requires inlet protection, rocked construction entrance, and dust control. The inlet protection was also documented in the daily logs. The contractor actually chose to leave the existing asphalt entrance drive in place to use as their construction entrance. When it was finally removed, rock was placed back the very next day. As far as dust control, there really wasn't an issue as we had a very wet spring. Also, the scheduling of the earthwork and the placement of the base course aggregate was within a couple days of each other. Should I write a summary of these other items not covered in the log reports?

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