Best management practice

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003061",
  "term": "Best management practice",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Best Management Practice",
  "definitions": [
    "1. A method that has been determined to be an effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution or protecting resources; generally applies to non-point sources of pollution.\n\n2. A practice or combination of practices that are determined to be the most effective and practicable (including technological, economic, and institutional considerations) means of controlling point and nonpoint source pollutants at levels compatible with environmental quality goals.\n\n3. Methods that have been determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from nonpoint sources.\n\n4. Schedule of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States. Also Includes treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.\n\n5. A conservation practice or combination of practices designed to maintain productivity while reducing point source pollution and nonpoint source pollution.\n\n6. Methods that have been determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from non-point sources.\n\n7. A method that has been determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from nonpoint sources.\n\n8. A schedule of activities, prohibition of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b). BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.\n\n9. A measure or activity that is beneficial, empirically proven, cost-effective, and widely accepted in the professional community.\n\n10. A practice or system of practices, based upon political, economic, social and technical criteria, designed to prevent or mitigate degradation of the natural environment (especially water and soil resources) caused by farming, construction, manufacturing, tourism or other anthropogenic activities.\n\n11. Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of “waters of the United States.” BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.\n\n12. Structural, nonstructural and managerial techniques that are recognized to be the most effective and practical means to control nonpoint source pollutants yet are compatible with the productive use of the resource to which they are applied. BMPs are used in both urban and agricultural areas.\n\n13. Management practices (such as nutrient management) or structural practices (such as terraces) designed to reduce the quantities of pollutants-- such as sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus, and animal wastes -- that are washed by rain and snow melt from farms\n\n14. Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters of the United States from discharges of dredged or fill material. BMPs include methods, measures, practices, or design and performance standards which facilitate compliance with the section 404(b)(1) Guidelines (40 CFR part 230), effluent limitations or prohibitions under section 307(a), and applicable water quality standards.\n\n15. Methods, measures or practices selected by an agency to meet its nonpoint source control needs. BMPs include but are not limited to structural and nonstructural controls and operation and maintenance procedures. BMPs can be applied before, during and after pollution-producing activities to reduce or eliminate the introduction of pollutants into receiving waters.\n\n16. Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in § 403.5(a)(1) and (b). BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.\n\n17. Most effective and practical ways to control pollutants and meet environmental quality goals. BMPs exist for forestry, agriculture, stormwater and many other sectors.\n\n18. Schedule of activities, prohibition of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b). BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.\n\n19. Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices other than traditional physical, chemical, or biological wastewater treatment. BMPs can be either nonstructural (good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention, contour plowing, cover crops) or structural (wet or dry detention ponds), and can include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage, or leaks. BMPs can be applied to both nonpoint and point sources of water pollution and can be employed as part of either regulatory or voluntary programs.\n\n20. A practice or combination of practices that are determined to be the most effective and practicable (including technological, economic, and institutional considerations) means of controlling point and nonpoint pollutants at levels compatible with economic and environmental quality goals.\n\n21. For point sources, 40 CFR 122.2 defines BMPs as schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other treatment controls and pollutant removal devices (structural and nonstructural) to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and activities to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage. For nonpoint sources, BMPs are defined in 40 CFR 130.2 as methods, measures or practices selected by an agency to meet its nonpoint source control needs. BMPs include, but are not limited to, structural and nonstructural controls and operation and maintenance procedures. BMPs can be applied before, during, and after pollution-producing activities to reduce or eliminate the introduction of pollutants into receiving waters.\n\n22. A practice or combination of practices found to be the most effective, practicable (including economic and institutional considerations) means of preventing or reducing the amount of pollution generated by nonpoint sources to a level compatible with water quality goals.",
    "1. Procedures or controls other than effluent limitations to prevent or reduce pollution of surface water (includes runoff control, spill prevention, and operating procedures).\n\n2. Structural, nonstructural and managerial techniques that are recognized to be the most effective and practical means to control nonpoint source pollutants yet are compatible with the productive use of the resource to which they are applied. BMPs are used in both urban and agricultural areas.\n\n3. The most effective and practical ways to control pollutants and meet environmental quality goals. BMPs exist for forestry, agriculture, stormwater and many other sectors.\n\n4. Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters of the United States. BMPs also include but are not limited to treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or wastewater disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.\n\n5. Methods that have been determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from non-point sources.\n\n6. Best Management Practices are physical, structural or managerial practices that decreases the potential for facilities to pollute drinking water. They can be used singly or in combination as appropriate in a particular situation.\n\n7. Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce pollution. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.\n\n8. Policies, practices, procedures, or structures implemented to mitigate the adverse environmental effects on surface water quality resulting from development. BMPs are categorized as structural or non-structural.\n\n9. Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices other than traditional physical, chemical, or biological wastewater treatment. BMPs can be either nonstructural (good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention, contour plowing, cover crops) or structural (wet or dry detention ponds), and can include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage, or leaks. BMPs can be applied to both nonpoint and point sources of water pollution and can be employed as part of either regulatory or voluntary programs."
  ],
  "abbreviation": [
    "BMP",
    "bmp"
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "BMPs"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Biological substances",
    "Water"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Watershed Protection Glossary; Watershed Protection 2003",
    "Economic Benefits of Runoff Controls Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Appendix A of the 2003 Construction General Permit [PDF Format",
    "adapted from: CRS 2005",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "Watershed Planning Glossary of Terms",
    "40 CFR 403.3(e)",
    "Water Conservation Plan Guidelines Glossary; Water Conservation Glossary",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary",
    "40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013); NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical and Legal",
    "Watershed Planning Glossary",
    "40 CFR 232.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 130.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 403.3 (CFR 2017)",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "40 CFR 403.3(e); Pretreatment Acronyms and Glossary",
    "NSTEP Glossary",
    "NPS Agriculture Glossary; Nonpoint Pollution Source from Agriculture Glossary",
    "Water Quality Trading Toolkit for Permit Writers Glossary",
    "AgSTAR Handbook Glossary",
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "Chesapeake Bay TMDL Glossary",
    "Underground Injection Control Terms",
    "Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) Glossary",
    "Aquatic Resources Awareness Course for Real Estate Appraisers Glossary",
    "N-STEPS Online Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/best-management-practice/"
}