Construction project sites disturbing one (1) acre or more of soil within the SUNY Buffalo State University operated MS4 storm sewershed are required to have a separate construction activity storm water permit from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Agencies or other 3rd parties operating the construction site are also required to have a written site-specific Storm Water Pollution Prevention (SWPP) Plan, prepared by trained professionals, to prevent pollution of storm water run-off. The project managing agencies or other 3rd parties, including contractors, are required to install and maintain the storm water pollution control measures specified in the SWPP plan. Copies of the NYS DEC issued permit and the SWPP Plan are required to be kept at the work site.
Trained SUNY Buffalo State University personnel (or Buffalo State’s contracted designees) review the SWPP Plans for compliance and conduct compliance field inspections at the work sites routinely and in response to concerns about work site storm water run-off reported by the public. The site inspections are performed to check and help ensure storm water pollution controls are installed and maintained by the agency or other 3rd party contractors in compliance with the specifications identified in the SWPP Plan.
The complaints regarding contamination of storm water run-off from construction sites can be reported by:
Email: bleechjp@buffalostate.edu
Phone: 716.878.4038 (normal business hours Mon.-Fri., 8 am-4 pm).
Environmental Health and Safety
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