501 STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS

501.1 The standards and specifications established under §500 shall be based upon relevant physical and developmental information concerning the watersheds and drainage basins of the District, including, but not limited to, data relating to land use, soils, hydrology, geology, size of land area being disturbed, proximate water bodies and their characteristics, transportation, and public facilities and services.

501.2 The standards and specifications shall include survey of lands and waters as the Department may deem appropriate or as may be required by applicable law to identify areas with critical erosion and sediment problems.

501.3 The standards and specifications shall contain conservation standards for various types of soil and land use, and shall include criteria, techniques, and methods for control of erosion and sediment resulting from land disturbing activities. These standards shall be intended to protect adjoining properties from damage from soil erosion.

501.4 The District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs 1987 Standards and Specifications for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control are incorporated in this section by reference in accordance with the District of Columbia Documents Act (D.C. Code §1 - 1532(b)(3) (1992 Repl. Vol.)), and shall be available for public inspection in the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and each branch of the District of Columbia Public Library.

501.5 All District of Columbia agencies engaged in land disturbing activities shall develop soil erosion and sedimentation control standards and specifications consistent with those approved by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

501.6 Agency standards and specifications to prevent accelerated soil erosion and sedimentation from the agency's soil disturbing activities in the District shall be submitted to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, if adequate.

501.7 Once the standards and specifications are approved, all land disturbing activities carried out by the agency shall conform to its standards and specifications.

501.8 All contracts signed by an agency involving a land disturbing activity shall require that the work be done in conformance with the agency's standards and specifications.

501.9 Each agency shall monitor all such work to insure compliance with its standards. In addition, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is authorized to inspect the sites where such land disturbing work is being conducted to insure compliance with the applicable standards.

SOURCE: Section 2 of the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Act of 1977, D.C. Law 2-23, 24 DCR 792 (July 22, 1977), 8 DCRR §8-2:803 and 8-2:804 Health Regulations (1965 Edition); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 3858 (June 2, 1989).