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<br />Attachment to Comments re: Stormwater Ordinance--Low Impac <br /> <br />Page 3 of3 <br /> <br />Puget Sound Action Team LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT <br />Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound <br /> <br />http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/LIDtechmanua105/lidindex.htm <br />- - - <br /> <br />Chapter 2: Site Assessment <br />Chapter 3: Site Planning and Layout <br />Chapter 4: Vegetation Protection, Reforestation, and Maintenance <br />Chapter 5: Clearing and Grading... <br /> <br />Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association, Start at the Source <br />http://www.ehs. berkeley .edu/whatwedo/airwater/ccg/sats4sitedesign. pdf <br />Chapter 4: Site Design <br /> <br />Excerpt from Washington State Dept. of Ecology Stormwater Manual <br />Soil Best Management Practices <br />"Guidelines and Resources for Implementing Soil Depth and Quality BMPs". <br />http://compostwashington.org/PDF/SOIL_MANUAL.pdf <br />re: post-construction soil quality: "Undisturbed soil and vegetation provide important stormwater <br />functions...these functions are largely lost when development strips away native topsoil and vegetation <br />and replaces it with minimal topsoil and sod...such landscapes become pollution-generating pervious <br />surfaces due to increased use of pesticides, fertilizers... Establishing a minimum soil quality and depth <br />is not the same as preservation of naturally occurring soil and vegetation..." <br /> <br />5/23/2006 <br />