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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Builders fight rules on rainwater runoff
OLYMPIA -- Calling new state regulations on polluted rainwater runoff at construction sites too difficult and expensive to comply with, the Building Industry Association of Washington has filed a legal challenge to the rules. Snohomish County also filed an appeal.
The stormwater runoff regulations, which went into effect Nov. 16, attempt for the first time to control pollution in rainwater washing off construction sites smaller than five acres. Larger sites were covered by earlier regulations.
The builders' lobby complained that the rules require a certified erosion specialist to inspect construction sites weekly, or daily if it's raining.
The rules also require submission of plans for how to control stormwater pollution with techniques such as sediment ponds, ground covers, straw berms and swales.
The challenges were filed late last week before the Pollution Control Hearings Board.
The building industry association said in a statement that the new regulation "foists unreasonable demands and unattainable goals on the backs of hardworking contractors, and was adopted by unelected (Ecology Department) bureaucrats."
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