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Industrial General Permit Order
Los Angeles v. California State Water Resources Control Bd. (2006) 143
Cal.App.4th 985.)
6. State Water Board Order 97-03-DWQ is rescinded as of the effective date of
this General Permit (July 1, 2015) except for Order 97-03-DWQ’s requirement
that annual reports be submitted by July1, 2015 and except for enforcement
purposes.
7. Effective July 1, 2015, the State Water Board and the Regional Water Quality
Control Boards (Regional Water Boards) (Water Boards, collectively) will
enforce the provisions herein.
8. This General Permit authorizes discharges of industrial storm water to waters
of the United States, so long as those discharges comply with all
requirements, provisions, limitations, and prohibitions in this General Permit.
9. Industrial activities covered under this General Permit are described in
Attachment A.
10. The Fact Sheet for this Order is incorporated as findings of this General
Permit.
11. Acronyms are defined in Attachment B and terms used in this General Permit
are defined in Attachment C.
12. This General Permit regulates industrial storm water discharges and
authorized NSWDs from specific categories of industrial facilities identified in
Attachment A hereto, and industrial storm water discharges and authorized
NSWDs from facilities designated by the Regional Water Boards to obtain
coverage under this General Permit. This General Permit does not apply to
industrial storm water discharges and NSWDs that are regulated by other
individual or general NPDES permits
13. This General Permit does not preempt or supersede the authority of municipal
agencies to prohibit, restrict, or control industrial storm water discharges and
authorized NSWDs that may discharge to storm water conveyance systems
or other watercourses within their jurisdictions as allowed by state and federal
law.
14. All terms defined in the Clean Water Act, U.S. EPA regulations, and the
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Wat. Code, § 13000, et seq.) will
have the same definition in this General Permit unless otherwise stated.
15. Pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 131.12 and State Water
Board Resolution 68-16, which incorporates the requirements of 40 Code of
Federal Regulations section 131.12 where applicable, the State Water Board
finds that discharges in compliance with this General Permit will not result in
the lowering of water quality to a level that does not achieve water quality
objectives and protect beneficial uses. Any degradation of water quality from
existing high quality water to a level that achieves water quality objectives and
Order 2014-0057-DWQ 2
