U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Menu of Best Management Practices
Public Involvement/Participation
Regulatory Text
You must, at a minimum, comply with state, tribal, and local public notice requirements when implementing a public involvement/participation program.
Guidance
EPA recommends that the public be included in developing, implementing, and reviewing your storm water management program, and that the public participation process should make efforts to reach out and engage all economic and ethnic groups. Opportunities for members of the public to participate in program development and implementation include serving as citizen representatives on a local storm water management panel, attending public hearings, working as citizen volunteers to educate other individuals about the program, assisting in program coordination with other pre-existing programs, or participating in volunteer monitoring efforts. (Citizens should obtain approval where necessary for lawful access to monitoring sites.)
BMP Fact Sheets
(The following materials are available on the EPA web site at www.epa.gov/npdes/menuofmps/pub_inv.htm.)
Activities/public participation
Involvement/public opinion