All land development activities shall be subject
to the following performance and design criteria:
A. Technical standards. For the purpose of this chapter,
the following documents shall serve as the official guides and specifications
for stormwater management. Stormwater management practices that are
designed and constructed in accordance with those technical documents
shall be presumed to meet the standards imposed by this chapter:
(2) The Erosion Control Manual.
B. Equivalence to technical standards. Where stormwater management practices are not in accordance with the technical standards, the applicant or developer must demonstrate equivalence to the technical standards of Subsection
A hereof and the SWPPP shall be prepared by a licensed professional.
C. Water quality standards. Any land development activity
shall not cause an increase in turbidity that will result in substantial
visible contrast to natural conditions in surface waters of the state.