West Virginia
West Virginia issues its own construction general permit. We have read West Virginia NPDES General Water Pollution Control Permit for Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities and list below the requirements we could cite to it, with the scope limits stated plainly. Screen your own acreage further down.
Who may prepare the plan
No preparer credential foundNo preparer credential was found for West Virginia. On what we have verified, a generated plan can be adopted by the operator without a credentialed signature. Local ordinances can still be stricter than state law.
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.
Coverage trigger
The project disturbs 3 acres, at or above the 1 acre threshold, so it needs permit coverage.
The trigger people miss is the second one. A half acre lot inside a 40 acre subdivision is covered, because the larger common plan of development or sale is what counts, not the lot.
Worked for a three acre site with the receiving water unconfirmed. Each line says why it attached to this site rather than in general. Check the notes above for the site sizes this permit does not cover.
SWPPP required as part of the registration application package, submitted before the application deadline
Projects disturbing 3 or more acres of land shall submit an application containing: Application Form, to include template for the sign; Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan; Groundwater Protection Plan.
Submit before commencing construction activities; the exact lead time is not recorded for this id.
Why this applies here: This is the deadline for a new site. A transfer to a new operator or an emergency related project has a different deadline.
Applications for Large Construction Projects shall be submitted 60 days before the anticipated date construction is to begin. ... Applications for Large Construction Projects requiring Public Notice per II.A.1.b. shall be submitted 100 days before the anticipated date construction is to begin.
Submit the Notice of Termination within 30 calendar days of meeting a termination condition.
From the date final stabilization is achieved, the permittee has 30 days to ready the site for submittal of N.O.T and by the 30th day must submit the N.O.T. via electronic notice of termination to the Director.
At least once every 7 calendar days.
Why this applies here: You have not confirmed whether the site discharges to an impaired or high quality water. If it does, the increased frequency applies instead and this answer changes.
At least once every seven (7) calendar days and Within 24 hours of the occurrence of a precipitation event of 0.25 inches or greater, or the occurrence of runoff from snowmelt sufficient to cause a discharge.
A person knowledgeable in sediment/erosion control and pollution-prevention principles, with education and ability to assess site conditions and BMP effectiveness
Why this applies here: This is why Basinwise cannot perform your inspections. The permit requires a trained person physically on the site.
"Qualified Person" means a person who is knowledgeable in the principles and practices of sediment and erosion controls, pollution prevention, and possesses the education and abilities to assess conditions at the proposed site that could impact stormwater quality.
Immediately, meaning no later than the end of the next business day after activities cease.
Why this applies here: This applies at both land disturbance amounts.
stabilization measures shall be initiated as soon as practicable in portions of the site where construction activities have temporarily or permanently ceased, but in no case more than 7 days after the construction activity in that portion of the site has permanently ceased or 4 days for sites required to use enhanced BMP's.
Confirm the exact minor-fix deadline against the cited permit section.
Based on the results of the inspection, the permittee must complete any necessary maintenance and corrective action within 24 hours.
Provide and maintain a natural buffer or equivalent erosion and sediment controls near surface waters; the exact distance is not recorded for this id.
A natural vegetative buffer shall be provided adjacent to receiving streams or other waters on or near the project site. Vegetative buffers shall be a minimum of 50 feet
Complete the inspection report within 24 hours of completing the site inspection.
An inspection report must be completed by the inspector within 24 hours of completing any site inspection.
Document the condition and its completion; the exact documentation deadline is not recorded for this id.
A summary of inspection findings, including the observations made during the inspections, and any necessary maintenance or corrective actions;
Retain inspection reports and the corrective action log for at least 3 years from the date permit coverage expires or is terminated.
Why this applies here: The clock runs from permit expiry or termination, not from when the record was written, so on a multi year project every record stays live for the whole project plus three years.
All inspection reports must be maintained for at least three (3) years from the date that permit coverage is terminated.
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This is EPA's list, from the 2022 Construction General Permit. It does NOT govern in West Virginia, where the state issues its own permit and sets its own contents. It is here as a shape to expect, not as the requirement you will be held to.
Read the permit itself at the source document.
West Virginia issues its own construction general permit, and we have read West Virginia NPDES General Water Pollution Control Permit for Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities. The requirements listed on this page, such as inspection frequency, who may inspect, stabilisation, corrective action and record retention, are cited to that permit rather than to EPA's. Anything we have not transcribed is left out instead of assumed to match the federal rule, and the scope note on this page says which sites the permit does not cover. Confirm the current permit and any site-size variant with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), Division of Water and Waste Management (DWWM).
No preparer credential was found for West Virginia. On what we have verified, a generated plan can be adopted by the operator without a credentialed signature. Local ordinances can still be stricter than state law.
The inspection frequency is set by the West Virginia construction general permit, which we have not read. Confirm it with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), Division of Water and Waste Management (DWWM).
Screening is free. Pro generates the site specific plan document and retains the inspection and corrective action log.