Best Management Practices
When facilities are required to reduce your pollutant levels, USA Environmental Solutions has you covered, thanks to our knowledge and ability to recommend diverse, effective BMPs. We understand that different each industry and facility is unique and requires tailored solutions. Whether your facility has minor pollutant exceedances or is several times over the limit, we can help with basic, intermediate, and advanced BMP solutions.
Some industries, due to the nature of their industrial activities, will be unlikely meet the applicable Pennsylvania benchmark values through traditional BMPs alone. USA Environmental Solutions can recommend treatment systems that are capable of meeting local, state, and federal pollutant discharge limits. These solutions may include advanced stormwater filtration technologies to achieve compliance help.
Basic BMPs
Basic BMPs are the most common and least expensive method for way to controlling pollutant sources. These are the BMPs that all permitted facilities must implement pursuant to the Pennsylvania Industrial Stormwater Permit. Basic BMPs revolve around controlling pollutant sources through Pollution Prevention and Exposure Minimization, Good Housekeeping, Erosion and Sediment Controls, and Spill Prevention and
Responses. In addition to these general basic required BMPs, the Pennsylvania Industrial Stormwater Permit also requires sector-specific BMPs for designated industries.
Examples of the basic required BMPs include, but are not limited to: Good Housekeeping (e.g., sweeping and vacuuming), Preventive Maintenance (e.g., vehicle and equipment repair), Spill and Leak Prevention and Response (e.g., spill kits and containment structures), Material Handling and Waste Management (e.g., covering waste containers), and Erosion and Sediment Control (e.g., stabilizing erodible surfaces). In most cases, if implemented diligently, Basic BMPs can be effective in controlling industrial pollutants, supporting pollution prevention efforts, and preventing sample exceedances.
We help businesses implement and maintain basic BMPs in a cost-effective way.
Intermediate BMPs
Intermediate BMPs can be used to supplement Basic BMPs and act as a safeguard against pollutants that may be overlooked during routine cleanup activities. Intermediate BMPs often include physical devices such as industrial wattles, drain filters, and media socks. These devices can be deployed in strategic areas at a facility and function to trap and filter solids, absorb oil, and reduce metals. Additionally, services such as street sweeping and power washing of industrial areas can also be crucial in reducing pollutants on your site.
We help businesses implement and maintain intermediate BMPs as cost-effectively as possible.
Advanced BMPs
Advanced BMPs include Treatment Control (e.g., treatment systems), Containment and Discharge Reduction (e.g., ponds and storage tanks), and Exposure Minimization (e.g., covered areas). Selecting the appropriate Advanced BMPs depends on a variety of factors, including physical site characteristics, activity type, and pollutants. Advanced BMPs have complex planning, permitting, and infrastructure requirements.
We help businesses implement and maintain advanced BMPs as cost-effectively as possible.
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