Tennessee Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control Handbook

This Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control (EPSC) Handbook has been developed to provide comprehensive and standardized EPSC measures for use on construction sites to limit the export of sediment to surface waters in Tennessee. The Tennessee Construction General Permit [CGP; (TDEC)] is predominantly focused on pollution caused by exposed and destabilized soils; therefore, this handbook is designed to provide information on how to prevent, minimize, and treat sediment-laden stormwater discharges during construction and site development. This handbook serves as the primary reference for the design and implementation of all such measures and practices under the CGP. This update of the handbook serves to be a more technical reference than the previous version (2012) by streamlining text and logical flow, expanding the list of EPSC measures, and updating various technical specifications for EPSC measures.