In the DECEMBER NEWSLETTER we will discuss the newest regulations that have been adopted at OEPA concerning STORM WATER POLLUTION. OEPA is looking to the local governing units to pass legislation setting up Best Management Practices guidelines to limit the pollutants seen in the first stormwater flush from the storm sewers. These BMP would be required for all new developments or redevelopment projects of 1 acre or more of disturbed area. This will significantly effect developments in Ohio. There are some exceptions for linear projects such as gas line installation and the like that do not change grades.

The OEPA is stating that a WATER QUALITY VOLUME of runoff plus 20% must be intercepted by the BMP structure to satisfy its requirements. Methods of BMP suggested by OEPA include but are not limited to Low Impact Site Design, Wetland Water Storage, Green Roofing, Permeable Pavement and Bioretention Areas. It is important to hire a firm such as McSteen and Associates to guide you through this new regulatory terrain.

WEB LINK of THE MONTH: www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/storm/index.html

As always, you can count on McSteen and Associates, a second-generation multi-faceted family business that has been serving Northeast Ohio since 1970 to contact OUPS for records when designing your project. McSteen & Associates employees are trained in the new Stormwater regulations concerning BMP and have recently completed the Post Construction Storm Water Management Class at CSU to better handle your needs.

The management team consisting of Terry Feller, President and Registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor, Tim Feller, Vice President and Registered Professional Surveyor and Debbie Feller CFO and Certified Public Accountant and the 62 employees in the offices in Cuyahoga, Lake, Summit, and Franklin counties will handle your surveying and engineering needs. Local knowledge of the area and experience with the utilities allows McSteen & Associates to go the extra mile to protect your investment.

Whether your needs are Mortgage Location and Boundary Surveys, Commercial and Industrial Surveys or complete Engineering Design we are well staffed to provide the professional product you need. Each project will receive the personal service associated with working with a well-established family owned and operated business.

Joke of the month:
A survey team was sent out to a job in Downtown Cleveland to measure the size of one of the Public Art drawings that was just finished on the side of local building. The drawing was half way up the outside wall of the building so a line was set from the roof so one of the surveyors could scale the wall and get the dimensions. Unfortunately as the surveyor reached the drawings bottom the line snapped and he fell, hitting his partner, severely injuring both. It was of course their own fault because everyone knows, you should never scale drawings.

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