Industrial & Commercial BMP

Latest Version (December 2019)

The Industrial & Commercial BMP Handbook (December 2019) supports compliance with California’s Industrial General Permit (IGP). It addresses BMP selection throughout the life of a project, from planning and design, through construction, and into operation and maintenance, and is geared to a target audience during each project stage. The handbook includes detailed monitoring guidance and inspection forms and the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) template.

New January 2022

Water Quality Based Corrective Action (WQBCA) Report Template: This template will assist dischargers that trigger a WQBCA and must then conduct a facility evaluation, evaluate BMPs, assess the facility’s SWPPP, and submit documentation of these procedures in SMARTS.

2019 Updates Include:

• Added persistent organic pollutants to list of potential pollutants, conditions, and impacts
• Added separate regulatory definition of trash
• Updated Decision Tree to include NONA Coverage
• Expanded definition and requirements of minimum and advanced BMPs
• Updated SWPPP signature requirements
• Changed alphanumeric designations to distinguish maintenance sheets from fact sheets and guide sheets
• Added Permeable Pavement and Green Roof fact sheets
• Referenced and reiterated trash Full Capture System (FCS) maintenance requirements in maintenance sheets of Multi-Benefit Trash Treatment Systems deemed FCS by State Water Board
• Referenced and reiterated trash FCS maintenance requirements in maintenance sheets of Proprietary Trash Treatment Control Devices deemed FCS by State Water Board
• Added new section listing relevant SIC and corresponding NAIC codes
• Added CASQA Fact Sheet on No Exposure Certification
• Updated ERA Level 1 Tool to include examples of mandated parameters
• Public Agencies: There is a new copyright statement that clarifies the extent of a public agency subscriber’s permission to distribute portions of the Handbook. Please check it out and contact us with any questions.

Group (organization) BMP Handbook subscriptions have a designated Subscription Contact (purchaser) who can share the subscription with others. Adding subscribers is the responsibility of the Subscription Contact and is a one time step unless someone leaves or joins the organization. All you need are their email addresses.

Instructions to Add Subscribers

1. Subscription Contact: Log in and go to My Account > Manage BMP Subscribers.
   1. If you have more than one BMP Handbook subscription, first choose which handbook from the dropdown choices that you would like to manage.
2. Add the email addresses of the people with whom you would like to share your group BMP Handbook subscription.
3. Click the green ‘ADD’ button.
4. We’ll send an email notification to your newly added subscriber.
   1. If they have an existing account with that email address on the CASQA website, they will be ‘active’ right away.
   2. If they don’t have an existing account with that email address, they will remain as a ‘pending’ subscriber until they follow through on the instructions in the notification email (be sure they check their junk / spam folders for an email from casqa@casqa.org).
5. ‘Active’ subscribers will have access to the BMP Handbook whenever they are logged in to their own CASQA account.
6. Revisit the Manage BMP Subscribers tab any time to resend the notification if necessary, or to add more email addresses.