Current Standard Special Provisions (SSPs)
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/specs_html/index.html
The SSPs are the source for specification language in the Contract Special Provisions.
Caltrans Capital Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Release 5.1, April 2001:http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/projmgmt/reports.htm: Information about how capital products are handled.
Caltrans Project Development Procedures manual:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/pdpm/pdpmn.htm Insight in to the rules they follow when developing highway improvement projects.
Caltrans Stormwater Manuals:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/construc/stormwater/stormwater1.htm: Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan/ Water Pollution Control Program Preparation Manual, Construction Site BMPs Manual, and other useful reference documents. Download the current Caltrans templates for SWPPP/ WPCP preparation, including the Sampling and Analysis Plan sections.
Caltrans Project Planning & Design Guide:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/stormwtr/index.htm: This Guide describes the process for Caltrans staff to incorporate the BMPs from the SWMP into the planning and design phases of a project.
Caltrans Environmental Web Page: http://www.dot.ca.gove/hq/env/stormwater: Contains links to the current Annual Report, the Revised SWMP and other helpful resource documents.
Standard Environmental Reference: http://www.dot.ca.gov/ser: This website is the Caltrans Standard Environmental Reference (SER) - an on-line resource designed to help state and local agency staff plan, prepare, submit and evaluate environmental documents for transportation projects. The site includes five Environmental Handbooks, as well as guidance, forms, templates and memos pertaining to the environmental process at Caltrans. Volume 5 of the SER is the Storm Water Quality Assessment document.
List of Current Contracts: http://www.dot.ca.gove/hq/construc/statement.html: Information on the Caltrans Projects by District, including RE name, field office address/phone, etc.
Hydrologic Sub-Areas (HSAs) in California: http://www.stormwater.water-programs.com/wqpt/SelectByHSA.asp: This web page identifies all of the HSAs in an alphabetical list.