EPA fines contruction company more than $27k
Sunday, September 07, 2008-- The Environmental Protection Agency has fined a Watertown construction company for illegally dumping materials into wetlands while it prepared a site for commercial use. -- (full text)
[KXMC - Minot, ND]

Boise Construction Sites Fail to Meet Federal Storm Water Requirements
Friday, September 05, 2008-- Braman-Lambdin Enterprises LLC, SouthFork Landing, Inc., and Warner Construction, operators at construction sites near Boise, Idaho, recently paid $20,150 to settle two enforcement cases for Clean Water Act (CWA) violations filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). -- (full text)
[Media Newswire (press release) - New York, NY]

We must change our approach to water -- Consider Low Impact Development
Monday, September 01, 2008-- Low Impact Develop (LID) is an alternative to conventional development, because it emphasizes conservation and seeks to manage the rain at the source, by allowing the rain to soak into the ground. Features like rain gardens and stormwater wetlands more closely resemble natural conditions, instead of pipes, stormwater ponds, and dumping the water directly into the creek. -- (full text)
[BlueRidgeNow.com - Hendersonville, NC]

Massachusetts Construction Company Fined for Clean Water Violations
Friday, August 22, 2008-- A Massachusetts developer constructing a 17-acre residential development will pay a $5,000 penalty for discharging polluted storm water from its Auburn, Mass. construction site. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA.gov (press release) - Washington, DC]

Mitigation bank protects streams, wetlands
Friday, August 22, 2008-- When public and private entities incur unavoidable losses to streams and wetlands during construction, they must offset that loss by completing restoration work themselves or purchasing restoration credits from a mitigation bank. -- (full text)
[Duluth Weekly - Duluth, GA]

Announcing the Municipal NPDES Stormwater Regulatory Trends/Issues Workshop at the NAFSMA Annual Meeting, Aug. 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008-- A special workshop will be led by L. Scott Tucker, Executive Director, Southeast Metro Stormwater Agency; Ben Urbonas, President, Urban Watersheds Research Institute; Doug Harrison, Harrison Consulting; and John Promise, Director of Environment, North Central Texas Council of Governments. For info. contact Susan Gilson, sgilson@nafsma.org. -- (full text)
[National Association of Flood & Stormwater Management Agencies]

Texas builders working to prevent storm water pollution
Monday, August 04, 2008-- Keeping Texas waterways free of storm water pollution is the goal behind an agreement signed today by the Texas Association of Builders (TAB), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and Environmental Protection Agency. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]

Massachusetts Construction Company Faces up to $157,500 in Fines for Clean Water Violations
Monday, August 04, 2008-- TLT Construction Corp. faces an administrative penalty of up to $157,500 for violating requirements of the federal Clean Water Act at a construction site in Reading, Mass. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]