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Northampton County Conservation District, under delegation of the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, administers the Erosion and Sediment Pollution
Control Program. The Conservation District performs technical plan reviews, conducts
earth disturbance inspections and provides education on soil and water conservation
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Plan
Reviews
Plan
Review fees apply to Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control
(ESPC) plans submitted to NCCD requesting technical review or
determination of plan adequacy. Earth disturbance activities
(except agricultural tillage and timber harvests) that disturb
5.0 or more acres of ground over the entire life of the project,
including individual lot development, require an NPDES
(National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) permit; part
of the permitting process requires submission of an appropriate
ESPC plan. Land disturbances of between 1.0 and 4.99 acres may
also require NPDES permitting if there is a proposed point source
discharge to the surface waters of this Commonwealth.
The District
does not administer the DEP Chapter
105 Program. All inquiries regarding Stream encroachments should
be forwarded to the PADEP
Northeast Regional Office.
Please
see Forms
and Applications for Conservation District and DEP Forms,
Applications, Downloads and Guides.
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Types
of NPDES Permits
There
are two types of NPDES permits applicable to earth disturbances
that are >5.0 acres over the life of the project or land
disturbances of between 1.0 and 4.99 acres if there is a proposed
point source discharge to the surface waters of the Commonwealth.
1.
An Individual NPDES permit is required when the project:
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is in a special protection High Quality (HQ) or Exceptional
Value (EV) watershed (including HQ/EV wetlands) according
to 25
PA Code Chapter 93 (or statewide
existing use classifications)
- the
construction activities has the potential to discharge toxins
- the
construction activities will violate water quality standards
- the
construction activities are in areas inhabited by Federal
or State Endangered Species
2.
A General NPDES permit is required in all other cases where
five or more acres are disturbed over the entire life of the
project.
NPDES
Permit Fees
State-mandated
permit filing fees are $250 for a General NPDES permit and $500
for an Individual NPDES permit. When an NPDES permit is required,
the submitter should include with the plans and applications
two checks: one to "NCCD Clean Water Fund" for the
NPDES permit filing fee, and one to Northampton County Conservation
District for the plan review fee.
Please see our link to Forms
and Applications for all associated downloads for NPDES
and District Reviews
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Products
for sale
The
District can provide hard copies of the following documents
for a nominal charge:
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Price
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"Soil
Survey of Northampton County, PA" - copy (1974)
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$20.00
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Stormwater
Management – "PA Handbook of Best Management
Practices for Developing Areas"
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$30.00
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Simply send a check or money order made payable to "NCCD"
to:
Northampton
County Conservation District
Gracedale Complex
Greystone
Building
Nazareth, PA 18064-9211
Contact
NCCD for information on ordering publications. 610.746.1971
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