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Pre-Planning Your Utility Excavation

Pre-Planning Your Utility Excavation. Phil Roycraft, P.E. DEQ District Coordinator, Cadillac District. Utilities Requiring DEQ Permits. Public Water Mains (Safe Drinking Water Act). Administered by Resource Management Division Public Sewer Systems (Part 41 of NREPA).

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Pre-Planning Your Utility Excavation

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  1. Pre-Planning Your Utility Excavation Phil Roycraft, P.E. DEQ District Coordinator, Cadillac District

  2. Utilities Requiring DEQ Permits • Public Water Mains (Safe Drinking Water Act). • Administered by Resource Management Division • Public Sewer Systems (Part 41 of NREPA). • Administered by Water Division • Utility Activities in Wetlands, Inland Lakes, Streams or Critical Dunes (Parts 301, 303 & 353 of NREPA) • Administered by Water Division

  3. Primary DEQ Divisions • Water • Resource Management • Remediation • Air Quality

  4. DEQ Districts

  5. Planning for Soil Contamination A good tool for avoiding this surprise upon excavation is: The Michigan Environmental Mapper.

  6. Street View in Mt. Pleasant

  7. Sites the Mapper Will Show: • UST Releases (Active) • UST Releases (Closed) • Part 201 Contamination Sites • Site Names and contaminant • Questions can be addressed to the DEQ Remediation Division

  8. Aerial View – Mt. Pleasant

  9. Plat Map View

  10. Topographic View

  11. The Big Question? • What if I need to put utilities through contaminated soil or groundwater?

  12. Working in Contaminated Soil • Meet HAZWOPPER standards. • Soil may generally be put back. • Isolation for water mains. • Water pumped from excavation must not cause or exacerbate contamination.

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