Archive for 2021
June is Safety Month
The National Safety Council (NSC) has dedicated June as National Safety Month. National Safety Month is an annual observance to help keep one another safe, from the workplace to any place. This year’s safety month is broken down into four topics by week. The first week of June discusses preventing incidences before they happen by…
Read MoreHandling a High Water Table
The water table is an underground boundary that lies between the soil surface and the area where groundwater saturates spaces between sediments and cracks in rock. The water table fluctuates and typically rises in the spring for many parts of the US. This is due to springtime snow melt in the north and increased rainfall in the…
Read MoreHurricane Season 2021
Analysis of the last 150 years identifies the most active month for hurricanes making landfall is September, then August and October are a close second and third. June, being the first month kicking off hurricane season, is typically considered a relatively low active month for hurricanes. In Florida, June ushers in the beginning of the…
Read MoreDemystifying your Dewatering Permit
When applying for your Construction Generic Permit (CGP) to discharge stormwater on construction sites, it’s important to know if dewatering will be required at any point during the project duration. Section VI of the Construction Generic Permit’s Notice of Intent (NOI) is where you may indicate about the need for dewatering. Dewatering may be required…
Read MoreDMR Exceedance Letter
A quarterly Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for industrial facilities, outlined within the Multi-Sector Generic Permit for Stormwater Discharge (MSGP) describes the process to collect a quarterly water sample at a designated, pre-determined, outfall location(s). The samples collected will provide information about the quality of water being discharged from an industrial site. These quarterly samples are…
Read MoreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency MSGP 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the 2021 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities. The 2021 MSGP took effect on March 1, 2021 and supersedes the 2015 version of the MSGP and has multiple revisions. Some of the more noteworthy changes include…
Read MoreHappy Earth Day from KCI!
Earth Day began 51 years ago on April 22, 1970 as a movement to honor earth and bring awareness to the importance of protecting its precious resources. Since then, Earth Day has been expanded and stimulated by the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Clean Water Act, both of which advocate the importance…
Read MorePiney Point Predicament
Piney Point phosphate plant is a former industrial fertilizer plant located in Manatee County, FL. Currently the site is leased to various industrial companies and houses numerous holding ponds. The site has a long, and contentious history regarding environmental impact dating back to the 60s. The discussion of Piney Point’s impact on the environment came…
Read MoreRecreational Boating and the Environment
Tourism has become Florida’s leading industry attracting millions of visitors annually to the Sunshine state’s beautiful beaches, wonderful state parks, lakes, wildlife, boating, and fishing. In fact, Florida is considered to be the Saltwater fishing capital of the world. This is due to the over 4 million Fish and Wildlife Conservation licensed anglers and thousands…
Read MoreDid you submit your Analytical Monitoring Report?
Is your industrial facility permitted under the Multi-Sector Generic Permit for Stormwater Discharge (MSGP)? Are you in Year 2 or Year 4 of your permit? If the answer to these two questions is a yes, then you may be required to submit what is known as an Analytical Monitoring Report. This Analytical Monitoring Report summarizes…
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