There have been significant changes to the Construction Stormwater Permits, Green Technology has partnered with Whitson Contracting and Management, a leading expert in Stormwater regulations and permits to help you get the information you need. While many are aware of the State Water Boards and associated permits, there are major changes that will greatly affect […]
There are NEW TMDL requirements that come with automatic fines! Whitson CM can help. Time Schedule Orders: Pursuant to the amendments made on November 6th, 2018 to the Industrial General Permit WQO 2014_0057 DWQ, Dischargers located within the Jurisdiction of Los Angeles or Santa Ana Regional Water Boards may have TMDL specific Permit requirements with […]
In the last few years, most California cities have begun regulating the permanent stormwater BMPs that are required to be implemented with new construction or redevelopment projects. There is an overarching theme to the various Post-Construction Design BMP Manuals that have been recently published, which is, the requirement to utilize Low-Impact Development (LID) or Green-Infrastructure […]
Industrial permittees that entered a Level 1 status were required to submit an Exceedance Response Action (ERA) Report on January 1, 2017. The purpose of an ERA Report is to evaluate the pollutant sources at a facility and to discuss the BMPs that will be implemented to address the Numeric Action Level exceedances. Level 1 […]
The City of San Diego and the Port of San Diego have issued new Storm Water Discharge requirements. They are actively and aggressively enforcing these new requirements and writing fines and violations to companies even if they are not required to have coverage under the Industrial General Permit. Whitson CM will help you respond and […]
Mitchel Whitson is a presenter at this year’s Annual CASQA Conference. The presentation is titled “A CM Approach to SWPPP Compliance”. For a copy of this presentation, click on the following link. CM Approach to SWPPP Compliance
The State’s Industrial General Permit has, for the first time, established Effluent Limitations for pollutants being discharged from properties. If a site’s discharges exceed annual averages or instantaneous limits twice in a given year, the property will become a L1 Discharger. L1 Dischargers must hire a QISP to generate: 1) A L1 Site Evaluation, and […]
Whitson CM is now a new trainer of record for the State! This applies for QISP (Qualified Industrial SWPPP Practitioner) Training.
California Has Extended the Timeline to File a New NOI! The State has extended the timeline to file a new NOI to August 14th! If your business hasn’t gotten a new SWPPP and filed an NOI, you should do so immediately! If you need someone to write your SWPPP, Whitson CM will do it for […]
SWPPP Online – Whitson CM has developed an on-line solution for entities whom want to stay compliant with their own forces. SWPPP Online offers professional (defendable) reports that save inspectors’ time and money. It auto-populates and drop down menus will cut reporting time by 80% and is EASY!