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Problem Solvers Need help today? Do you need help with an existing project? Have you been visited by a regulator? Did you get a stop work order or Notice of Violation? No problem. Helping folks out of stressful and urgent compliance situations is what Summit Services...

What can I expect from a stormwater inspection?

Do you use an inspection company to perform your stormwater inspections or do you rely on one of your employees? If you have previously kept this function in house you might be wondering if using a third party inspector is much different. Have you been missing...

Tips for signing your inspection reports.

No doubt, stormwater compliance is a document driven activity. Yes, you have a physical construction site just outside your job trailer that has hundreds of moving parts, of which your BMPs (best management practices) are just one part. And yes, getting those BMPs...

A New Mindset

To celebrate Summit’s 10th year in business we have started using the tag line, Compliance Elevated in our emails. What does this mean for our clients? Is it more marketing hype? Is it just a nice sounding platitude? Well, we do like the sound of Compliance Elevated,...

State of Colorado issues new Construction General Permit

The State of Colorado has a permit with the US EPA that allows the state to manage its own stormwater program for construction sites. This permit renews roughly every five years (bit of a delay this time around). The new permit is finalized as of November 1, 2018 and...

Modifying a SWMP in changing field conditions.

Your Stormwater Management Plan is a living document that is intended to be updated to reflect changes over the life of a project. If your SWMP is not updated routinely, there is a strong chance that you are out of compliance. Regulators who visit your site and review...