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Department of Planning
Erosion and Sediment Control - Minimum Standards
Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Regulations - Minimum Standards - pamphlet
All regulated land disturbing activities must comply with the 19 Minimum Standards established by the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Law.
For your convenience, we have a pamphlet that outlines these
19 Minimum Standards which you can download (download instructions are below).
Basic Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Measures
Stabilization
All disturbed and denuded areas shall be permanently stabilized with permanent vegetation or a protective ground cover suitable for the time of year within seven (7) days of final grading; or temporarily seeded within seven (7) days if soil surfaces are not to be final graded for a period of thirty (30) days or more (seeding shall be performed in accordance with Reference Standards and Specifications 3.31 and 3.32 of the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook).
Perimeter Controls
Properties and waters (creeks, streams, tidal shores and wetlands) and drainage channels and ditches adjacent to the site shall be protected from deposit of sediment. This may be accomplished through the preservation of a well vegetated buffer strip around the lower perimeter of the land disturbance, by installing perimeter controls such as sediment barriers (silt fences or straw bales) or sediment basins or dikes, or any combination of such measures.
* Vegetated buffer strips may be used alone only where runoff in sheet flow is expected and such strips are at least twenty (20) feet in width. If at any time the buffer strip alone is ineffective in stopping sediment movement onto an adjacent property or into adjacent waters, additional perimeter controls must be provided.
Stormwater Runoff
Properties and waters downstream from new development sites shall be protected from erosion or sediment deposits due to increased volume, velocity, and peak flow rate of stormwater run off. Increased sheet flows that may cause erosion or sedimentation must be diverted to a stable outlet, an adequate channel, or a detention facility.
Concentrated run-off channeling from a site must be discharged directly into an adequate natural or man-made receiving channel, pipe or storm drain system. (An "adequate channel" is a ditch, stream, swale, or channel that will convey a normal amount of stormwater run-off without overflowing its banks, and without causing erosive damage to the bed, banks, and overbank sections of the watercourse).
Driveway Connections
Driveways connecting to public roads or streets must be stabilized to reduce the amount of mud, dirt and sand transported onto the public roads. This requires a pad of stone or other stable material or surface at least twelve (12) feet wide and seventy (70) feet long.
Also, a Road/Highway Access Permit must be obtained from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the access must be installed to meet VDOT construction and drainage specification.
Permanent Driveways
Permanent driveways shall be designed, constructed and maintained to minimize erosion by providing a compacted base and stabilized surface of erosion-resistant material, including an initial base course of gravel of a least six (6) inches. Roadside ditches and swales shall be provided, designed and constructed to accomplish the above stormwater runoff objectives. All such ditches, swales, cuts and files, and disturbed areas adjacent to parking areas shall be stabilized with appropriate permanent vegetation.
Maintenance
Maintenance shall be performed as required to (1) provide periodic top dressing with new gravel (2) ensure healthy and vigorous vegetation in seeded areas, and (3) ensure that all ditches, swales, and other drainage structures do not become clogged with silt or other debris.
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Planning Department Accomack County
23282 Courthouse Ave.
Accomac, Virginia 23301
Rich Morrison
planning@co.accomack.va.us
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(757) 787-5726
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