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• <br />• <br />Specifications site or in designated concrete washout areas. Do not wash out concrete <br />trucks onto the ground, or into storm drains, open ditches, streets, or <br />streams. Refer to BMP C 154 for information on concrete washout <br />areas. <br />• Return unused concrete remaining in the truck and pump to the <br />originating batch plant for recycling. Do not dump excess concrete on <br />site, except in designated concrete washout areas. <br />• Wash off hand tools including, but not limited to, screeds, shovels, <br />rakes, floats, and trowels into formed areas only. <br />• Wash equipment difficult to move, such as concrete pavers in areas <br />that do not directly drain to natural or constructed stormwater <br />conveyances. <br />• Do not allow washdown from areas, such as concrete aggregate <br />driveways, to drain directly to natural or constructed stormwater <br />conveyances. <br />• Contain washwater and leftover product in a lined container when no <br />formed areas are available,. Dispose of contained concrete in a manner <br />that does not violate ground water or surface water quality standards. <br />• Always use forms or solid barriers for concrete pours, such as pilings, <br />within 15-feet of surface waters. <br />• Refer to BMPs C252 and C253 for pH adjustment requirements. <br />• Refer to the Construction Stormwater General Permit for pH <br />monitoring requirements if the project involves one of the following <br />activities: <br />• Significant concrete work (greater than 1,000 cubic yards poured <br />concrete or recycled concrete used over the life of a project). <br />• The use of engineered soils amended with (but not limited to) <br />Portland cement -treated base, cement kiln dust or fly ash. <br />• Discharging stormwater to segments of water bodies on the 303(d) <br />list (Category 5) for high pH. <br />Maintenance Check containers for holes in the liner daily during concrete pours and <br />Standards repair the same day. <br />Volume II — Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention - August 2012 <br />4-43 <br />