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E. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) <br />Best Management Practices are defined as physical, structural and/or managerial <br />practices that prevent or reduce pollution of water. BMPs can describe a wide range of <br />management procedures, schedules of activities, prohibitions or practices, operating <br />procedures, treatment requirements and practices to control plant site run-off. <br />The following is a list of some of the most commonly used BMPs for industrial <br />facilities. The question is, how do you select the right BMPs for your site when there are <br />so many options and various criteria for selection? Here are three suggestions: <br />• Identify practices that control the problem at the source or prevent <br />pollutants from getting into your storm water runoff. Source control <br />practices are the best defense against pollution. Also, source control BMPs <br />are more cost effective than treatment BMPs. <br />• Identify specific activities that have high potential for generating wastes <br />that could come in contact with storm water, and identify BMPs for these <br />azeas. Focus most of your attention on these areas first. <br />• Integrate requirements of other facility environmental program elements <br />into your SWMP. The SPCC plan the NPDES toxic organic management <br />plan, the hazardous materials clean-up plan, and the SWMI' are all <br />related. By incorporating these programs into your SWMP, you will be <br />integrating various environmental programs, which will lead to cost <br />savings in the long nm. <br />BMP Narrative <br />Site-specific BMPs include the items listed on the following page. <br />28 <br />