West Virginia

Who may prepare a stormwater plan in West Virginia

We found no state level preparer credential for West Virginia. On what we verified, an operator may adopt the plan without a credentialed signature. Local ordinances can still be stricter.

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We found no state level preparer credential for West Virginia. On what we verified, an operator may adopt the plan without a credentialed signature. Local ordinances can still be stricter.

Part II.H states the SWPPP shall be prepared by a 'Qualified Person,' but that term is never defined in the permit — absent from Appendix C Definitions and not recurring as a defined term elsewhere. No state-recognized course, license, or certification body is named, so the gate is open: any operator-designated qualified individual may prepare the SWPPP. A PE stamp is genuinely not required to prepare the SWPPP; the sole PE/surveyor mention in the whole permit (Part IV.D.2) is an optional alternative path for demonstrating final site stabilization, not a gate on plan authorship. Commercial preparer-training courses exist in the market but are not referenced or required by the permit text itself.

VerifiedWV NPDES CGP WV0115924 (eff. 4/6/2024, exp. 4/5/2029), Part II.HSource

What this means for a generated plan

On what we verified, an operator may adopt a generated plan here without a credentialed signature. Local ordinances can still impose a stricter gate than state law, so check the county or municipality as well.

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Total acres disturbed*

Total land disturbance over the whole project, including staging and access. This decides whether you need a permit at all.

Acres open at any one time

Optional. If you phase the work, the most that will be disturbed at once. Leave blank if the whole site is open together. The stabilisation deadline turns on this figure, not the total.

Part of a larger common plan of development or sale

A half acre lot inside a 40 acre subdivision is covered even though the lot alone is under the threshold. This is the most commonly missed trigger in the permit.

Receiving water and site conditions(optional, but they change the inspection frequency)

Discharges to a sediment or nutrient impaired water

Discharges to a Tier 2, 2.5 or 3 water

Arid, semi arid or drought stricken area

May allow a reduced inspection frequency during the seasonally dry period.

In Indian country

EPA keeps permitting authority in Indian country even inside a state that runs its own programme.

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What people ask about preparing a SWPPP in West Virginia

Do I need a qualified preparer for a SWPPP in West Virginia?

We found no state level preparer credential for West Virginia. On what we verified, an operator may adopt the plan without a credentialed signature. Local ordinances can still be stricter.

Does a professional engineer have to stamp the plan in West Virginia?

Practice act citations are routinely overstated on this point. A PE stamp is not required as a general matter in most states with no preparer gate, and where we have not verified it we will not assert either answer. Confirm with the state board or the permitting authority.

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