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1994 Maryland Specifications for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

CONTENTS

Foreword
Detail Drawings
Figures
Tables
Introduction

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Section A - Water Handling

1.0  Earth Dikes
2.0  Temporary Swales
3.0  Dikes/Swales
4.0  Temporary Storm Drain Diversions 

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Section B - Grade Stabilization Structures

5.0  Pipe Slope Drains
6.0  Rip-Rap Inflow Protection 
7.0  Gabion Inflow Protection
8.0  Stone Check Dams

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Section C - Sediment Trapping Devices

9.0  Sediment Traps
10.0 Sediment Basins
11.0 Stone Outlet Structures
 

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Section D - Dewatering Practices

12.0 Removable Pumping Stations 
13.0 Sump Pits
14.0 Sediment Tanks

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Section E - Filtering Practices

15.0 Silt Fences
16.0 Storm Drain Inlet Protection
 

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Section F - Land Grading and Structural Stbilization

17.0 Stabilized Construction Entrances
18.0 Rock Outlet Protection
19.0 Land Grading (Reverse Benches and Serrated Slopes)
 

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Section G - Vegetative Practices

20.0 Vegetative Stabilization
21.0 Topsoiling
22.0 Erosion Control Mattings
23.0 Tree Protection
 

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Section H - Miscellaneous Practices

24.0 Materials Specifications
25.0 Straw Bale Dikes
26.0 Super Silt Fences
27.0 Subsurface Drains
28.0 Lined Waterways or Outlets 
29.0 Temporary Access Waterway Crossings
30.0 Dust Control
31.0 Glossary
32.0 SCS Recommended Wetland Plant List

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Selected details are available online in .dwg format here.  If there are any additional questions, please contact the Sediment, Stormwater & Dam Safety Program at (410) 537-3543, 1-800-633-6101 or by email (kjones@mde.state.md.us)

 

Other Resources

Maryland's Stormwater Management Program

Maryland's Dam Safety Program

Maryland's Erosion & Sediment Control Guidelines for State & Federal Projects (pdf)

Publications List

Maryland's Stormwater Management & Erosion Control Regulations (COMAR Online)

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) - Maryland Office

 

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