SUMMARY: Procedures to be followed for the process of assisting in the regulation of soil erosion control within City of Tulsa.

APPLIES TO: All Commercial and Residential Building Inspection personnel.

DEFINITIONS:

Construction requiring erosion control: All construction activities including the development, excavation, grading, regrading, paving, landfilling, berming, and diking of land shall be conducted in such a manner as to minimize erosion and prevent the discharge of pollutants, including but not limited to rock, sand, and soil into the City’s municipal separate storm sewer system. Persons conducting the construction shall implement and maintain adequate structural and/or nonstructural barriers for controlling the discharge of pollutants.

Responsible Person: The person with overall responsibility of the construction, such as the general contractor, shall be Jointly responsible with the person at whose direction the construction is being conducted for compliance.
“SOIL”: An inspection code type with a definition of “soil erosion control”.

1. Chief Building Inspector: The Chief Building Inspector will be responsible for monitoring and regulating the Building Inspections Soil Erosion Control program by reviewing the completed inspections each week.
2. Building Inspector: Each inspection generated will automatically generate a “SOIL” inspection when the inspection involves performing an inspection of construction activities including the development, excavation, grading, regrading, paving, landfilling, berming, and diking of land where erosion pollutants will likely move into the City’s storm sewer system over the street or other means of conveyance. If soil erosion control is in place, and appears to be adequate, the inspection should be passed. A soil erosion control inspection is required a minimum of three times during the life of the construction, and at all times when a complaint is received.
   1. If the lot is flat and vegetation would prevent the soil or other pollutants from moving into the storm sewer system, or the surface is impervious, erosion control may not be required. In this event a soil erosion control inspection is not necessary.
   2. If soil erosion is in place, but needs to be improved or replaced, a partial passed inspection would be appropriate with comments specifying the improvements needed.
   3. If no soil erosion is in place, the “000-EROSION” must be entered in the failed code box.
   4. A red tag shall be given to a responsible person when possible or posted at job site specifying failed soil erosion control inspection for the first failed inspection. A written notice shall be given to the responsible person for the second failed inspection.
   5. It is not necessary to fail a building inspection due to lack of soil erosion control, unless the erosion is extreme.
3. Sign and Site Development Inspector: A soil erosion inspection will be generated each week for “Watershed Permits” with a work type of “Earthchange Only”. Items “a” through “d” will apply.
4. Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing Inspectors will report soil erosion in the street upon discovery to their immediate supervisor. The supervisor shall notify Scott VanLoo through e-mail of the location of the erosion in the street the day it is identified.
5. Faxgate: The Faxgate program will generate a weekly report, identifying addresses with two failed soil erosion inspections on Mondays.
   1. The report will be sent to Scott VanLoo at Environmental Operations.
6. Environmental Operations: Environmental Operations has the enforcement authority for regulating continuous soil erosion problems and can fine the responsible person for polluting the storm sewer system.
7. Building Inspections Manager: Periodically monitor soil erosion control program and generates annual report.

The 2010 Census is coming soon.  This is a most important event as it creates the numbers that are the basis for distribution of federal funds for various grants and distributions.  We want to be sure to receive our fare share in Oklahoma.

Jobs Available through Local Census Office

Temporary full-time and part-time jobs are available through the Local Census Office, located at 1411 N. 105th E. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74116. 

Pay starts at $10.50 up to $16.75 an hour and pays weekly.

Census supervisors, enumerators and office clerks are needed for the 2010 Census operations.

Nights and weekend work available.

Interested persons may call 1-866-816-2010 for further information.

Open House Kickoff , Monday, January 12, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Dream Center, 200 W 46th St N.

We encourage you and your neighbors to come join the festivities!

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at any time.

Please pass this information to anyone you think would be interested. 

Joe Goodwin                                       

Local Census Office Manager, Tulsa-ELCO 2645                

918.877.3422

lcom.lco.2645@census2010.gov