This website's content is fully accessible to all browsers, however it will look much better and your experience will be much more enjoyable if you upgrade your browser to one that is standards-compliant.

DEQ.utah.gov -Utah Department of Environmental Quality

The Official Web site of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality

Section 4:  Site Cleanup & Restoration

Strive to leave the construction site better than it was when you arrived.

Final Site Stabilization

The last critical step in following BMPs on the construction site is to make sure that the site has been stabilized. The following BMPs can help you meet that goal.

Best Management Practices

Objectives:

  1. Achieve final site stabilization.
  2. Enable future landscaping to flourish.

Practices:

Regulations & Contacts

See Preservation of Existing Vegetation in Section 2 under Site Stabilization.

Waste & Materials Management

Materials Reuse and Disposal

Now that it is near the end of the project, follow through with the contacts you made initially with a local salvage business or make arrangements to reuse the materials on a future project. For all other materials, follow the disposal requirements outlined in Waste & Materials Management in Section 2.

The following BMPs can help you make choices that will result in maximizing the useful life of materials on the construction site.

Best Management Practices

Objectives:

  1. Maximize the useful life of materials before discarding them.
  2. Save landfill space.
  3. Save energy.
  4. Conserve natural resources.

Practices:

You are here: Home >