Regulations for Earthmoving and Sedimentation Control (Title X, Chapter 1).

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These Regulations, made by the Yap State Environmental Protection Agency under the Yap State Environmental Quality Protection Act, shall apply to all earthmoving activities as defined in these Regulations. They provides for measures to prevent erosion caused by earth moving and sedimentation. All earthmoving activities within Yap State shall be conducted in accordance with these Regulations and in such a way as to prevent accelerated erosion and acceleration of sedimentation. All persons engaging in earthmoving activities shall notify the Agency, and shall design, implement and maintain erosion and sedimentation control measures which effectively prevent accelerated erosion and sedimentation. Those control measures shall be set forth in an erosion and sedimentation control plan. The Regulations also provide for rehabilitation of the soil.

Implements: Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Yap State Code - Environmental Quality Protection Act. (1987)

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