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• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
• Mississippi Soil & Water Conservation Commission

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1. Chapter 1: Planning and Design Manual Introduction
   • A. Introduction
   • B. What is a Best Management Practice (BMP)?
2. Chapter 2: Erosion, Sediment, and Stormwater Control - Plan Guideline
3. Chapter 3: Overview of Erosion, Sediment, and Stormwater Control Practices (BMPs)
   • A. Introduction
   • B. Practices

     Buffer Zone Check Dam Concrete Grid and Modular Pavement Constructed Wetland Construction Entrance/Exit Construction Road Stabilization Construction Sequence Detention Basin Diversion Diversion (Temporary) Diversion (Perimeter Protection) Dust Control Exfiltration Trench Grade Stabilization Structure Grassed Waterway Land Grading Level Spreader

     Lined Waterway or Outlet Mulching Parking Lot Storage Paved Flume Permanent Seeding Riprap Rock Outlet Protection Sand Fence Sediment Basin Sediment Basin (Rock Dam) Silt Fence Slope Drain Sodding Storm Drain Inlet Protection(Straw Bale Inlet) Storm Drain Inlet Protection (Block and Gravel Inlet) Storm Drain Inlet Protection (Silt Fence) Storm Drain Inlet Protection (Excavated Inlet) Storm Drain Inlet Protection (Sod Inlet)

     Stormwater Retention Basins Straw Bale Barrier Stream Crossing Stream Crossing (Permanent) Structural Streambank Stabilization Subsurface Drain Surface Roughening Temporary Seeding Topsoiling Tree Preservation and Protection Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and Ground Covers Underdrains and Stormwater Filtration Systems Vegetative Dune Stabilization Vegetative Streambank Stabilization Water Bar

   • C. Practice Selection Guide
   • D. List of Symbols
4. Chapter 4: Best Management Practice Standards
   • Introduction
   • B. Temporary Practices

     Check Dam Construction Entrance/Exit Construction Road Stabilization Construction Sequence Diversion Dust Control Sediment Basin

     Silt Fence Slope Drain Storm Drain Inlet Protection Straw Bale Barrier Stream Crossing Water Bar

   • C. Permanent Practices

     Buffer Zone Concrete Grid and Modular Pavement Constructed Wetland Detention Basin Diversion Exfiltration Trench Grade Stabilization Structure Grassed Waterway or Outlet

     Land Grading Level Spreader Lined Waterway or Outlet Parking Lot Storage Paved Flume Rock Outlet Protection Stormwater Retention Basins Subsurface Drain Underdrains and Stormwater Filtration Systems

5. Chapter 5: Vegetative Practice Standards
   • A. Introduction and Effects of Vegetation on Erosion and Sedimentation
   • B. Site Consideration
   • C. Soils and Establishing Vegetation
   • D. Vegetative Practice

     Mulching Permanent Seeding Sand Fence Sodding Surface Roughening Temporary Seeding

     Topsoiling Tree Preservation and Protection Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and Ground Covers (1) Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and Ground Covers (2) Vegetative Dune Stabilization

6. Chapter 6: Hydrology
   • A. Overview
   • B. Peak Runoff Calculation
   • C. Short Cut Floodrouting Method
   • D. Appendix A: EFM2 Computer Program
   • E. Appendix B: Hydrology Forms
     • Worksheet 6-1
     • Worksheet 6-2
     • Worksheet 6-3
     • Worksheet 6-4
7. Chapter 7: Sample Erosion, Sediment, and Stormwater Control Plan
   • A. Introduction
   • B. Narrative
   • C. Construction Sequence
   • D. Maintenance Plan
   • E. Vicinity Map
     • Site Topographic Map
     • Site Development Plan
     • Site Erosion and Sedimentation Control Map
   • F. Supporting Calculations
     • Part 1
     • Part 2
     • Part 3
   • G. Detail Drawings and Specifications for Practices Specified
   • H. Vegetative Plan
   • I. Employee Continuing Education
   • J. Name, Address, Telephone of Plan Implementer
8. Chapter 8: References

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Landscape Architecture Department