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Building & Grounds Maintenance SC-41 <br />Objectives <br />• Cover <br />• Contain <br />• Educate <br />• Reduce/Minimize <br />• Product Substitution <br />Targeted Constituents <br />Description <br />Sediment ✓ <br />Stormwater runoff from building and grounds maintenance <br />Nutrients ✓ <br />activities can be contaminated withtoxic hydrocarbons in <br />Trash <br />solvents, fertilizers and pesticides, suspended solids, heavy <br />Metals ✓ <br />metals, abnormal pH, and oils and greases. Utilizing the <br />Bacteria ✓ <br />protocols in this fact sheet will prevent or reduce the discharge of <br />Oil and Grease <br />pollutants to stormwater from building and grounds <br />Organics <br />maintenance activities by washing and cleaning up with as little <br />water as possible, following good landscape management <br />practices, preventing and cleaning up spills immediately, keeping <br />debris from entering the storm drains, and maintaining the <br />stormwater collection system. <br />Approach <br />Reduce potential for pollutant discharge through source control <br />pollution prevention and BMP implementation. Successful <br />implementation depends on effective training of employees on <br />applicable BMPs and general pollution prevention strategies and <br />objectives. <br />Pollution Prevention <br />• Switch to non -toxic chemicals for maintenance when <br />possible. <br />• Choose cleaning agents that can be recycled. <br />S Q A <br />• Encourage proper lawn management and landscaping <br />- <br />including use of native vegetation. <br />c'uramin <br />smaaw.rr <br />auaft <br />Arrudetlon <br />]anuary 2003 California Stormwater BMP Handbook <br />1 of 5 <br />Industrial and Commercial <br />www.cabmphandbooks.com <br />