Other Industries Best Management Practices

This section includes BMPs for

  • oil and natural gas exploration and development
  • sand and gravel mining
  • renewable energy power generation (solar, wind, hydropower)
  • marinas

Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Development BMPs

An extensive database of BMPs has been compiled by the University of Colorado Law School with the Intermountain Oil and Gas BMP Project .

Sand and Gravel Mining BMPs

  1. Permit application
  2. Site planning
  3. Access roads and stream crossings
  4. Infiltration, filtration, detention, and retention systems
  5. Erosion and sediment controls
  6. Protection of riparian buffers, wetlands and springs

Renewable Energy BMPs

  1. Solar power
  2. Wind power
  3. Hydropower

Marina BMPs

  1. Boat and marina construction
  2. Boat operation and dredging
  3. Dry dock chemical applications (anti-corrosives, paints, pesticides, wood preservatives)
  4. Fish cleaning stations
  5. Refuling stations
  6. Sewage discharge stations

Other Industries Bibliography