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LOW
IMPACT DEVELOPMENT
The
Norfolk District Corps of Engineers issued public notices soliciting
comments in July 2004, August 2006, and February 2007, on a proposal
to require a Low Impact Development (LID) design checklist and runoff
calculations worksheets to be used in the project design of commercial
and institutional developments that require a Corps permit. In August
2007, after several revisions were made to the LID worksheets, we
issued a final public notice encouraging consultants and applicants
to incorporate LID methodologies into their development plans to
further reduce impacts to the aquatic environment. The Corps will
consider LID practices in our review of specific commercial and
institutional developments that involve impacts to streams and wetlands
resulting from stormwater management facilities.
The LID
worksheets explain how the use of LID will be evaluated and considered
in our permit review process. It is strongly recommended that LID
methodologies are incorporated into the design of development plans
early in the planning process. In order to determine the benefits
from the use of, and the restrictions to the use of, LID, several
public workshops were held across the state to obtain the opinions
of stakeholders.
Over
the month of December of 2003, five LID stakeholders meetings were
held throughout the state. A summary
of the results of these meetings is now available for review.
A draft
site design checklist and runoff calculations worksheet was developed
and can be found here.
A copy
of the LID action plan can be found here.
Information on demonstration
projects can be found here.
The final public notice
for Low Impact Development and Corps Review can be found here.
Low Impact Development and Section 404 Clean Water Act Permitting information can be found here.
Low Impact Development and Section 404 Clean Water Act Permitting paper
for the Environment Virginia 2011 Symposium can be found here.
Some interesting
sites with information on LID:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/
http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org
http://for.communitypoint.org/publications.html
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