Construction on Chattanooga ridgelines and Lookout Mountain foothills must install silt fence, stabilized entrances, and inlet protection before clearing. The Land Development Office inspects sites weekly and after every half-inch rainfall event.
Chattanooga's hillside terrain near Lookout Mountain, Signal Mountain, and Missionary Ridge sheds sediment quickly into the Tennessee River system. The Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control standards require contractors to phase grading, limit exposed soil to 14 days, and stabilize slopes steeper than three-to-one with blankets or hydroseed. A certified Tennessee Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control Plan designer must seal plans for sites over one acre. Failure to maintain BMPs after rain events is the most common citation issued.
Notices of violation, stop-work orders, daily fines up to 10000 dollars, and required restoration. Repeat offenders face state EPSC certification suspension and TDEC referral for NPDES permit action.
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