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Brash Industries provides both industrial and construction environmental consulting services.

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Construction Services
Industrial Services

 

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Waste Tire Management Program Newsflash

An auto recycling facility sending nine (9) or less tires to a landfill is not required to size reduce the tires going to the landfill. The facility does not have to participate in the Waste Tire Manifest System (WTMS) program.

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STARTING NOVEMBER 1, 2008 THE NPDES INDUSTRIAL PERMIT FEE WILL INCREASE FROM $830 TO $1008 AND THE NPDES CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FEE WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. To view the annual construction fees by acre click here.

 

Universal Hazardous Waste Newsflash

Effective immediately - Material once considered trash could have adverse impacts on the environment if handled as trash and disposed of in a landfill. These waste materials are called Universal Wastes and usually contain small amounts of harmful chemical compounds.

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CASQA Newsflash

Click the link below for the California Stormwater Quality Association's (CASQA) Water Quality Newsflash sent out on Monday, July 14, 2008 about how a recent court action regarding water quality standards may effect stormwater permit programs statewide.

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NPDES Permit Forms

For more information on the new forms required by the NPDES Permit, follow the links below:

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New Permit

Presently, if the water discharged off site contains pollutants that exceed the EPA Bench Marks it is not a Permit violation. Existing BMPs are to be improved to attain benchmark levels of compliance. The new Permit establishes Effluent limits. If an effluent limit is exceeded a Permit violation has occurred. Exceedances are to be reported electronically, which can expose the Permittee to litigation from the Regulators or concerned citizens. Other Permit changes could require sampling within the 24 hours of the beginning of discharge as opposed to the present time requirement of within the first hour.

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Electronic Stormwater Reporting

During November 2007, in a meeting with the California Water Board, the following was discussed:

  • Electronic filing is NOT currently mandatory
  • The Water Board is working out program bugs
  • SWPPPs, NOIs, and NOTs may be required to be submitted electronically in the future
  • All information submitted electronically can be instantaneously accessed by anyone with a computer

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