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Current as of May 05, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Applicant” means a person who is conducting or proposing to conduct a use of land and who a permittee requires or allows to use low impact development.
(b) “Independent review” is a review conducted:
(i) in accordance with this section; and
(ii) by an engineer, or engineering firm, designated by the division as having technical expertise in the area of storm water calculations.
(c) “Low impact development” means structural or natural engineered systems located close to the source of storm water that use or mimic natural processes to encourage infiltration, evapotranspiration, or reuse of the storm water.
(d) “Permittee” means a municipality, metro township, or county with a storm water permit under the Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
(e) “Storm water” means storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage.
(f) “Storm water permit” means a permit issued to a permittee by the division for the permittee's municipal separate storm sewer system.
(g) “Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System” means the state-wide program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits under this chapter.
(2) A permittee shall reduce any requirement for an applicant to manage or control storm water runoff rates or storm water runoff volumes for flood control purposes to account for the reduction in storm water associated with approved low impact development practices.
(3) The director shall create and maintain a list of engineers, including engineering firms, capable of providing independent review of low impact development designs and storm water calculations for use by an applicant and a permittee pursuant to an appeal described in Subsection (4).
(4)(a) An applicant who appeals a permittee's determination regarding post-construction retention requirements under the permittee's storm water permit may request the permittee to refer the appeal to independent review for purposes of determining the technical aspects of the appeal, including:
(i) the required size of any low impact development system;
(ii) the calculations of reductions in storm water runoff rates or storm water runoff volumes for flood control due to the use of low impact development; and
(iii) the feasibility of constructing low impact development practices required by the permittee.
(b) If an applicant makes a request under Subsection (4)(a):
(i) the permittee shall:
(A) select an engineer or engineering firm from the list described in Subsection (3); and
(B) pay one-half of the cost of the independent review.
(ii) An engineer or engineering firm selected by the permittee under Subsection (4)(b)(i) may not be:
(A) associated with the application that is the subject of the appeal; or
(B) employed by the permittee.
(iii) The applicant shall pay:
(A) one-half of the cost of the independent review; and
(B) the municipality's published appeal fee.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 19. Environmental Quality Code § 19-5-108.5. Storm water permits - last updated May 05, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-19-environmental-quality-code/ut-code-sect-19-5-108-5/
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