General responsibilities for utility facility projects

General responsibilities for utility facility projects. (1) General. (a) A utility person shall obtain a utility permit from the department prior to beginning any action under this subchapter. (b) Any utility facility project that has one acre or more of land-disturbing construction activity shall obtain coverage under a stormwater discharge permit in accordance with s. Trans 401.06 (5) . (c) A utility person shall implement, install, and maintain BMPs at a site as follows: 1. The utility person shall notify the appropriate department representative at least 24 hours before the installation of BMPs. 2. All utility facility projects, whether minor or not, shall also follow the general construction site performance standards in s. Trans 401.04 . (d) The utility person shall coordinate the installation, maintenance, and removal of BMPs, including restoration, with any concurrent construction project directed and supervised by the department. The utility person shall be responsible for any requirements under this subchapter unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the department. (2) Before and during land-disturbing construction activity. Before and during the period of land-disturbing construction activity, the utility person shall comply with all of the following: (a) Prior to beginning any land-disturbing construction activity, install all BMPs necessary for the location where the work is to be performed. (b) Implement any corrective action ordered in accordance with s. Trans 401.30 . (3) After land-disturbing construction activity. (a) The utility person shall promptly notify the department representative upon completion of all land-disturbing construction activities and installation of all permanent BMPs at a project site. Within a reasonable time after notification by the utility person, the department may inspect the project site to ensure that the permanent BMPs are adequate and functioning properly. If the inspection of the project site reveals that the BMPs are not adequate or not functioning properly, the utility person, upon notification from the department or based on its own inspection, shall promptly take the appropriate corrective action. When the utility person takes corrective action based on its own inspection of a project site, the utility person shall immediately notify the department of that corrective action. (b) Upon final stabilization of the site, the utility person shall remove and properly dispose of any temporary BMPs remaining on the project site.