What are Baseline BMPs?

• Good housekeeping; reduce spill potential, routine inspections

• Preventive maintenance; maintain pipes, pumps, drum/tank storage and stormwater devices

• Visual Inspections; signs of obvious stormwater contamination in outdoor storage and processing areas

• Spill Prevention and Response; spill containment of drums and tanks, spill clean-up procedures, easily accessible spill response products.

• Sediment and Erosion Control; Control methods to high erosion areas due to topography activities or other factors.

• Runoff Management; flow diversion, filtering using catch basin inserts, use of sumps, berms, mitigative techniques such as vacuuming, use of sorbents.

What are Advanced BMPs? 

• Vegetated Filter Strips

• Detention Basins and Ponds

• Catch Basin Filters (disposable)

• Passive Skimmers

• Litter Removal Devices

• Silt Fences

• Drain Inlet Inserts

• Permanent Catch Basin Inserts