DIRECTIONS:

There are two options for submitting your application. The applicant can submit a filled-out application & required site plans by clicking on the submit button at the end of the application. Option 2 you can fill out and download the application at the end of this online form, and email Mike Kieliszewski at mjk-kelly@charter.net along with all required site plans.

Option 1 Submit Typed Form (preferred method):

1. Please complete the online form by clicking the next button below. Once you complete the form, click the submit button. This will submit the required site plans and application to the Soil Erosion Officer. Additionally, you will have a chance to download a typed-out, filled-in copy of your application and save it to your computer. This option will be shown after you click the submit button on the last page of the form and you will then be taken to the thank you page where you can download the typed-out, pre-filled application. By default, the application will automatically be emailed to you as well. 

Option 2 Download Filled in Form to Email:

1. If you prefer, you can download a typed-out application after you complete the form and save it to your computer by clicking the green button below that says email form only at the end of the application. Once you click the green button, you will be directed to the thank you page where you can download the form directly to your computer and email the Soil Erosion Officer at mjk-kelly@charter.net with the filled-out application and required site plans.

Transportation Facilities
To include but not limited to streets, highways, roadways - trails, and paths. 

	Plan Review	Permit Fee	Total
Up to 1/2 mile	Included	$160.00	$160.00
Disturbance of ½ mile	Included	$190.00	$190.00
Each additional ½ mile or fraction thereof	Included	$60.00	$60.00

Industrial/Commercial Development
Review fees included in permit fee along with 3 inspections included in the fee.

	Plan Review	Permit Fee	Total
Up to one acre	Included	$260.00	$260.00
Each additional acre	included	$100.00	$100.00

Commercial projects, greater than one acre, require sealed, engineered site plans with runoff calculations, and either a signed letter of acknowledgment or a letter of credit. If the inspector feels that it is necessary to have a professional engineer review the plans submitted to the County, all review costs will be paid for by the developer.

Utility and Corridor Development
To include but not limited to: underground cables, above ground major transmission cables, water mains, and sewers.

	Plan Review	Permit Fee	Total
0-3 feet wide disturbance	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.04
4-10 feet wide disturbance	$ 0.03	$ 0.03	$ 0.06
>IO feet wide disturbance	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.10

Gravel and Sand Pit Excavation
To include any open-pit greater than one acre in size, active or inactive. Generally, a five-year permit may differ if a signed agreement is made with the agent in advance.

	Plan Review	Permit Fee	Total
Sand/Gravel Pit	$150.00	$40.00 X 5	$350.00

Waterway impoundment Construction or Improvements
To include but not limited to: ponds, seawalls, rip rap, etc.

	Plan Review	Permit Fee	Total
Up to one acre	Included	$160.00	$160.00
Disturbance of one acre	Included	$190.00	$190.00
Additional acre or fraction thereof	Included	$60.00	$60.00

Septic Systems
To include septic system installation, replacement, or repair not associated with other earth change activities.

	Plan Review	Permit Fee	Total
Septic System	Included	$160.00	$160.00

Residential Construction and Miscellaneous Earth Changes
To include all single-family dwellings, additions, barns, garages, and subjects not covered by or within the above categories. 3 inspections are included in the fee. 

	Plan Review	Permit Fee	Total
Up to one acre	Included	$160.00	$160.00
Each additional acre	Included	$75.00	$75.00

* Additional Site Inspections for any permit, beyond three, will be charged at a rate of $50.00 per visit and will be billed to the landowner at the expiration of the permit.

Any projects, one acre or larger, with a stormwater collection, or discharge point may require a stormwater operator for the duration of the project. Any project five acres or larger shall require a certified stormwater operator for the duration of the
project.

MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: Alpena County Treasurer

2. LOCATION

3. PROPOSED EARTH CHANGE

4. SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL PLAN (Refer to Rule 323.1703)

5. PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR EARTH CHANGE

6. PERFORMANCE DEPOSIT (If required by the permitting agency)
If this does not apply to you, please put n/a or 0.

I (we) affirm that the above information is accurate and that I (we) will conduct the above-described earth change in accordance with Part 91, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended, applicable local ordinances, and the documents accompanying this application. The designated agent must have a written statement from the landowner authorizing him/her to secure a permit in the landowner's name.

In accordance with Rule 1709 promulgated under the authority of Part 91, Soll Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 461, as amended, and in addition· to the information on the attached plan(s) and special conditions, the following general conditions apply to the earth change authorized by this permit:

• D esign, construct and complete the e arth change in a manner that limits the ex posed area of  disturbed land for the shortest period of time.

• Remove sediment caused by accelerated soil erosion from runoff water before it leaves the site  of the earth change .

• Temporary or permanent control measures shall be designed and installed to c onvey water  around, though, or from the earth change at a non - erosive velocity.

• Install temporary soil erosion and sedimentation control measures before or upon  commencement of the earth change activity and maintain the measures on a daily basis. Remove t emporary soil erosion and sedimentation control measures after perman e nt soil  erosion measures are in place and the area Is stabilized. ('Stabilized" means the establishment of  vegetation or the proper placement, grading, or converting of soil to ensure It s resistance to son  erosion, sliding , or other earth movements).

• Complete permanent soil erosion control measures for the earth change within five calendar  days after final grading or upon completion of the final earth change. If It Is not possible to  perm anently stabilize the earth's change, then maintain temporary soil erosion and  sedimentation control measures until permanent soil erosion control measures are in place and  the area is stabilized.

MINOR PROJECTS:

MAJOR PROJECTS:

Temporary SESC Measures Installed

Permanent SESC Measures Installed

Briefly describe the maintenance plan and the responsible party for each temporary and permanent SESC measure.

Silt Fence

• Temporary sediment control measures
• Use for sheet flow, not concentrated flows
• Place adjacent to sensitive areas
• Place at or beyond the base of the slope
• Place on the same contour
• Trench in 6 inches
• Use multiple rows up the slope
• Use support fence if necessary
• DO NOT place in streams or ditches
• MAINTAIN - remove accumulated sediment
• Remove after the site is permanently stabilized