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IC7. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE <br />Best Management Practices (BMPs) <br />A BMP is a technique, measure or structural control that is <br />used for a given set of conditions to improve the quality of <br />the stormwater runoff in a cost effective manner'. The <br />minimum required BMPs for this activity are outlined in the <br />box to the right. Implementation of pollution <br />prevention/good housekeeping measures may reduce or <br />eliminate the need to implement other more costly or <br />complicated procedures. Proper employee training is key <br />to the success of BMP implementation. <br />The BMPs outlined in this fact sheet target the following <br />pollutants: <br />Targeted Constituents <br />Sediment <br />x <br />Nutrients <br />x <br />Floatable Materials <br />x <br />Metals <br />Bacteria <br />x <br />Oil & Grease <br />Or anics & Toxicants <br />Pesticides <br />x <br />Oxygen Demandingx <br />MINIMUM BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES <br />Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping <br />• Properly store and dispose of gardening wastes. <br />• Use mulch or other erosion control measures on <br />exposed soils. <br />• Propedy manage irrigation and runoff. <br />• Propedy store and dispose of chemicals. <br />• Propedy manage pesticide and herbicide use. <br />• Propedy manage fertilizer use. <br />Stencil storm drains <br />Training <br />• Train employees on these BMPs, storm water <br />discharge prohibitions, and wastewater discharge <br />requirements. <br />• Provide on -going employee training in pollution <br />prevention. <br />Provided below are specific procedures associated with each of the minimum BMPs along with procedures for <br />additional BMPs that should be considered if this activity takes place at a facility located near a sensitive <br />waterbody. In order to meet the requirements for medium and high priority facilities, the owners/operators must <br />select, install and maintain appropriate BMPs on site. Since the selection of the appropriate BMPs is a site - <br />specific process, the types and numbers of additional BMPs will vary for each facility. <br />1. Take steps to reduce landscape maintenance requirements. <br />• Where feasible, retain and/or plant native vegetation with features that are determined to be <br />beneficial. Native vegetation usually requires less maintenance than planting new vegetation. <br />• When planting or replanting consider using low water use flowers, trees, shrubs, and groundcovers. <br />• Consider alternative landscaping techniques such as naturescaping and xeriscaping. <br />2. Properly store and dispose of gardening wastes. <br />• Dispose of grass clippings, leaves, sticks, or other collected vegetation as garbage at a permitted <br />landfill or by composting. <br />• Do not dispose of gardening wastes in streets, waterways, or storm drainage systems. <br />• Place temporarily stockpiled material away from watercourses and storm drain inlets, and berm <br />and/or cover. <br />3. Use mulch or other erosion control measures on exposed soils. <br />1 EPA " Preliminary Data Summary of Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices" <br />IC7 Landscape Maintenance <br />