Site Inspections
Are Inspections Required?
Depending on your state, inspections are usually required once every seven days and within twenty four hours of a rainfall greater than 0.5 inches in a twenty four hour period (blue sky to blue sky).
The inspection requires several points to be monitored, recorded and logged as well as attached to the SWPPP (where required).
In most states, the inspections should be performed by a certified NPDES inspector that is trained and capable of supporting all of the reporting requirements set forth.
A common error in inspections is leaving the work to non-certified or non-specialized entities that are not completely fulfilling all aspect of the inspections. This includes frequency, process, reporting and necessary follow-up.
Alpha EMC, for example, covers every parameter as set forth by State regulators during each inspection while also recording updates from the previous inspection and creating two databases to create a log of activity, corrective action and a record of compliance efforts along with a start/stop log for each individual lot.
With well over several dozen items that must be evaluated, inspections are a critical component to the builder, which places a greater need for the appropriate personnel to support such measures.
