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SURPLUS FILL POLICY GUIDELINES 1 1. All surplus fill generated from municipal projects located within a general boundary of Russell Street, East Avenue, and the Androscoggin River which is not needed for any municipal use shall be brought to the Essex Street Dump Site as per an agreement between the City of Lewiston and the Franklin Co. dated March 1, 1983. 2. All surplus fill generated from municipal projects completed by Public Works personnel not required for municipal use and not from the above described location shall be brought to the nearest available dump site. 3. If two dump sites are relatively equal in distance to the work site, every effort shall be made to equally distribute the fill if all other considerations such as site accessibility and traffic patterns are equal. 4. If a second dump site is available and located within 1/4 mile of the work site, surplus fill to the first site shall not exceed 250 cubic yards. 5. The Highway Superintendent shall maintain a current approved dump site list. 6. All dump sites shall be approved for use by a minimum of two of the following individuals: a. Public Works Director b. City Engineer c. Highway Superintendent 7. Any property owner in Lewiston shall make his interest for solid fill known to the City by completing a "Request for Fill Material" permit at the Public Works Building at 103Adams Street. ---PAGE BREAK--- SURPLUS FILL POLICY GUIDELINES 2 CITY OF LEWISTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR FILL MATERIAL Please Fill Out All Sections Complete Sketch Plan on Back Side Name: Address: Telephone Number: Location of Fill Area: Size of Fill Area (in square feet): (If over 22,500 square feet, attach site plan) Amount of Fill to be Deposited (in cubic yards): Average Depth of Fill Area (in feet): Description of Fill Project Area (Such as: hilly, level, wet, etc.): Stabilization Measures (loaming, seeding, sod, riprap, grasses): Temporary____ Permanent_____ Is Fill Area adjacent to pond, river, stream, brook? Don't Know______ Does Fill Area come under Federal or State Law? Don't Know______ Conditions of Approval: ---PAGE BREAK--- SURPLUS FILL POLICY GUIDELINES 3 I, , being the owner of a certain parcel of land located in Lewiston, Maine, and having acquired all the necessary permits to dump fill material on said land, do hereby accept all responsibilities for said fill material dumped there by the City of Lewiston. It will be the sole responsibility of said land owner to level, grade, ditch, drain or otherwise shape and rehabilitate said fill material and comply with the general conditions adopted for fill material. I will not hold the City of Lewiston responsible for property damages that may be incurred while depositing the fill material. Signature of Property Owner (DATE) NOTE: The submission of a "Request for Fill Material" form to the Public Works Department does not mean that fill material will be deposited on your fill site. Fill material from Public Works projects will be taken to the nearest acceptable property (fill area) from a project work site. ---PAGE BREAK--- SURPLUS FILL POLICY GUIDELINES 4 FILL POLICY GENERAL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR FILL MATERIAL 1. The existing drainage patterns of streets and abutting property must remain unaffected and cannot be changed or altered unless the change or alteration is approved by the City Engineer and Public Works Director. 2. The proposed filling shall not: a. obstruct the natural flow of surface or ground water across or from the filled area. b. impound surface water. c. reduce the absorptive capacity of the area to be filled. d. produce an erosion, sedimentation, or a flooding hazard for abutting properties, drainage courses, or water bodies. e. raise the normal high water elevation of No Name Pond, Garcelon Bog, Stetson Brook, Hart Brook, No Name Brook, Jepson Brook, or their tributaries. f. damage spawning grounds or habitat for aquatic life, birds, or other wildlife. g. have an adverse cumulative effect on surface and ground water movement. h. have an adverse cumulative effect on wetland areas and the water quality of adjacent or nearby water bodies. i. unreasonably interfere with existing recreational, navigational, scenic and aesthetic uses. j. lower the quality of waters and violate applicable water quality. k. interfere with storm water retention. l. come under the jurisdiction of M.R.S.A., Title 38, "Great Ponds Act"; Title 12, "Alterations of Rivers, Streams and Brooks"; or Section 404 of the "Federal Clean Water Act". 3. The fill or embankment shall not extend onto abutting properties unless written permission is obtained from the abutting property owners. This not only applies to the fill as it is installed, but also to the final settlement or "slump" after the filling has been completed. In order to avoid problems with final settlement, the owner should keep the slope of the fill at a grade that will not allow final settlement to cause fill material to go onto abutting property. 4. The fill area including slopes must be stabilized against erosion by drainage design, riprap, retaining wall, gravel, loam and seed, sod, or other acceptable method. ---PAGE BREAK--- SURPLUS FILL POLICY GUIDELINES 5 5. After the filling of the site or embankment construction is completed, all of the above conditions must be met within one year. 6. All applicable State and Federal laws and regulations must be complied with, including (but not limited to) "The Stream Alteration Act" Title 12 M.R.S.A., administered by Maine Inland Fish & Wildlife, Augusta, Maine, and Section 404 P. L. 92-500 administered by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, Waltham, Massachusetts.