2017 Construction General Permit – Fact Sheet

1 2017 Construction General Perm it (CGP) Page 1 2017 Constr ucti on Gener al Per mi t (CGP) fact Sheet Contents I. Background ..5 of C&D Rule Requirements .. of Significant Changes to the 2017 CGP .. Coverage of the Permit ..1 V. Categories of Facilities That Can Be Covered Under This Permit ..1 Requirements ..1 Part 1: How to Obtain Coverage Under the Part : Eligibility Conditions .. 13 Part : Types of Discharges Part : Prohibited 18 Part : Submitting Your NOI .. 19 Part : Prerequisite for Submitting Your NOI .. 20 Part : How to Submit Your NOI .. 20 Part : Deadlines for Submitting Your NOI and Your Official Date of Perm it Cov erage .. 21 Part : Modifying your NOI .. 23 Part : Your Official End Date of Permit Coverage.

2 23 Part : Requirem ent to Post a Notice of Your Perm it Cov erage .. 24 Par t 2: Technol ogy-Based Effluent 25 Part : General Stormwater Control Design, Installation, and Maintenance Requirem ents .. 25 Part : Design Factors .. 26 Part : Good Engineering Practices .. 26 Part : Complete Installation Prior to Commencement of Construction .. 26 Part : Maintain Controls in Effective Operating Condition .. 27 Part : Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements .. 28 Part : Natural Buffers .. 28 Part : Direct Stormw ater to Vegetated Ar eas .. 29 Part : Install Perimeter Controls .. 29 Part : Minimize Sediment 30 Part : Manage Stockpiles or Land-Clearing Debris Piles .. 32 Part : Minimize 33 Part : Minimize Steep Slope Disturbances.

3 34 Part : Preserve Native 34 2017 Construction General Perm it (CGP) Page 2 Part : Minimize Soil 34 Part : Protect Storm Drain Inlets .. 35 Part : Minimize Erosion of Stormwater Conv eya nces .. 36 Part : Sediment Basins or Similar 36 Part : Use of Treatment Chemicals .. 37 Part : Site Stabilization .. 38 Part : Pollution Prev ention Requirem ents .. 45 Part : Equipment and Vehicle Fueling and Maintenance Requirem 45 Part : Equipment and Vehicle Washing Requirements .. 46 Part : Storage, Handling, and Disposal 46 Part : Applicator and Container Washing Requirements .. 49 Part : Fertilizer Application Requirements .. 49 Part : Emergency Spill Notification .. 49 Part : Construction Dew atering Requirem ents.

4 50 Par t 3: Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations .. 51 Part : General Effluent Limitation to Meet Applicable Water Quality Standards .. 51 Part : Discharge Limitations for Sites Discharging to Sensitive 51 Par t 4: Si te Inspecti on Requi r 58 Part : Person(s) Responsible for Inspecting 58 Part : Frequ ency of Insp ections .. 59 Part : Increase in Inspection Frequency for Sites Discharging to Sensitiv e Waters .. 60 Part : Reductions in Inspection Frequency .. 61 Part : For Stabilized Areas .. 61 Part : For Arid, Semi-Arid, or Drought-Stricken Ar eas .. 62 Part : For Frozen Conditions .. 62 Part : Areas That Must Be Inspected .. 63 Part : Requirements for Inspections .. 64 Part : Inspection Report .. 64 Part : Requirem ent to Com plete Inspection 64 Part : Signature Requirements.

5 65 Part : Recordkeeping Requir em ents .. 65 Part : Record Retention .. 65 Part : Inspections by EPA .. 65 Par t 5: Corr ecti ve Acti ons .. 66 Part : Conditions Triggering Corrective Action .. 66 2017 Construction General Perm it (CGP) Page 3 Part : Corrective Action Deadlines .. 66 Part : Corrective Action Required by EP A .. 68 Part : Corrective Action Report .. 68 Part 6: Staff Training Requirements .. 69 Par t 7: Stor mwater Pol l uti on Pr eventi on Pl an (SWPPP) .. 70 Part : Gen eral Requirem ents .. 70 Part : SWPPP Contents .. 72 Part : All Site 72 Part : Stormw ater Team .. 72 Part : Nature of Construction Activities .. 73 Part : Site Map .. 75 Part : Non-Stormw ater Discharges .. 77 Part : Description of Stormwater 77 Part : Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance, Corrective Action.

6 82 Part : Staff Training .. 82 Part : Documentation of Compliance with Other Requirem 82 Part : SWPPP Certification .. 84 Part : Post-Authorization Additions to 84 Part : On-Site Availability of the SWPPP .. 84 Part : Required SWPPP 85 Part : List of Conditions Requiring SWPPP Modification .. 85 Part : SWPPP Modification Records .. 86 Part : Certification Requirements .. 86 Part : Required Notice to Other Oper ators .. 86 Par t 8: How to Ter mi nate Cover 87 Part : Minimum Information Required in 87 Part : Conditions for Terminating Permit Coverage .. 87 Part : How to Submit Your NOT .. 88 Part : Deadline for Submitting 88 Part : Effectiv e Date of Term ination of Cov erage .. 89 Par t 9: Per mi t Condi ti ons Appl i cabl e to Speci fi c States, Indi an Countr y Lands, or Ter ri tori es.

7 89 ces .. 89 Appendix A: Definitions and 89 Appendi x B: Per mi t Ar eas Eli gi bl e for Cover age and EPA Regi onal Addr esses .. 94 Appendix C: Small Construction Waivers and Instructions .. 94 Appendix D: Eligibility Pr ocedur es Rel ati ng to Thr eatened and Endanger ed Speci es Pr otecti on .. 94 2017 Construction General Perm it (CGP) Page 4 Appendi x E: Hi stori c Pr oper ty Scr eeni ng Pr ocess .. 95 Appendi x F: Li st of Ti er 3, Ti er 2, and Ti er Water 96 Appendi x G: Buffer Requi r ements .. 96 Appendix H: 2-Year , 24-H our Stor m Fr equenci es .. 96 Appendix I: Standard Permit 96 Appendix J: NOI Form and Instructions .. 97 Appendix K: NOT Form and Instructions .. 98 Appendi x L: Suggested For mat for Request for Chemi cal Tr eatment.

8 98 2017 Construction General Perm it (CGP) Page 5 I. Backgr ound Congress passed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-500, October 18, 1972) (hereinafter the Clean Water Act or CWA ), 33 1251 et seq., with the stated objectives to "restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters." Section 101(a), 33 1251(a). To achieve this goal, the CWA provides that the discharge of any pollutant by any person shall be unlawful except in compliance with other provisions of the statute. CWA section 301(a). 33 1311. The CWA defines discharge of a pollutant broadly to include any addition of any pollutant to navigable w aters from any point source. CWA section 502(12).

9 33 1362(12). EPA is authorized under CWA section 402(a) to issue a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for the discharge of any pollutant from a point source. These NPDES perm its are issued by EPA regional offices or NPDES-authorized state or tribal agencies. Since 1972, EPA and the authorized states have issued NPDES permits to thousands of dischargers, including industrial ( , manufacturing, energy and mining facilities) and municipal ( , sewage treatment plants) facilities. As required under Title III of the CWA, EPA has promulgated Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for many industrial point source categories, and these requirem ents m ust be incorporated into NPDES perm its.

10 33 1311(b). The Water Quality Act (WQA) of 1987 (Public Law 100-4, February 4, 1987) amended the CWA, adding CWA section 402(p), requiring implementation of a comprehensive program for addressing stormw ater discharges. 33 1342(p). ean Water Act Stor mwater Pr ogr amPrior to the Water Quality Act of 1987, there w ere num erous questions regarding the appropriate means of regulating stormw ater discharges w ithin the NPDES program due to the serious w ater quality impacts of stormw ater discharges, the variable nature of stormw ater, and the large number of stormw ater point sources. EPA undertook multiple regulatory actions in an attem pt to address these unique discharges. Congress, w ith the addition of section 402(p), established a structured and phased approach to address stormw ater discharges and fundamentally altered the w ay stormw ater is addressed under the CWA as compared w ith other point source discharges of pollutants.