LaPorte County, IN Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

16. The ESCP goes to the MS4 Coordinator in triplicate, and the Coordinator forwards a copy to the La Porte County Soil and Water Conservation District for comment. Every ESCP must include the owner's or developer's name, address and phone number plus a statement that all land clearing, construction or earth movement on the site will follow the approved plan. Filing carries a $100-per-acre-of-disturbance fee, and the permit itself runs for five years from the MS4 Coordinator's approval. 11 defines the county's MS4 Coordinator as the official who administers the plan and inspection schedule.

17, the permittee must notify the MS4 Coordinator in writing at least two working days before starting construction, completing site clearing, closing out the construction season, resuming work after 15 or more dormant days, and finishing final landscaping, and must make its own regular inspections of control measures under 327 IAC 15-5-7. 03 imposes a running covenant on subdivision lot owners: whoever builds on the lot must keep sand, soil, or debris from washing onto other lots, adjoining properties, public streets, or wetland areas not designed as a retention basin, and that duty starts the moment the soil or vegetation is first disturbed and continues indefinitely.