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Industrial General Permit Order
protects beneficial uses is appropriate to support economic development.
This General Permit’s requirements constitute best practicable treatment or
control for discharges of industrial storm water and authorized non-storm
water discharges, and are therefore consistent with those provisions.
16. Compliance with any specific limits or requirements contained in this General
Permit does not constitute compliance with any other applicable permits.
17. This General Permit requires that the Discharger certify and submit all Permit
Registration Documents (PRDs) for Notice of Intent (NOI) and No Exposure
Certification (NEC) coverage via the State Water Board’s Storm Water
Multiple Application and Report Tracking System (SMARTS) website. (See
Attachment D for an example of the information required to be submitted in
the PRDs via SMARTS.) All other documents required by this General Permit
to be electronically certified and submitted via SMARTS can be submitted by
the Discharger or by a designated Duly Authorized Representative on behalf
of the Discharger. Electronic reporting is required to reduce the state’s
reliance on paper, to improve efficiency, and to make such General Permit
documents more easily accessible to the public and the Water Boards.
18. All information provided to the Water Boards shall comply with the Homeland
Security Act and all other federal law that concerns security in the United
States, as applicable.
B. Industrial Activities Not Covered Under this General Permit
19. Discharges of storm water from areas on tribal lands are not covered under
this General Permit. Storm water discharges from industrial facilities on tribal
lands are regulated by a separate NPDES permit issued by U.S. EPA.
20. Discharges of storm water regulated under another individual or general
NPDES permit adopted by the State Water Board or Regional Water Board
are not covered under this General Permit, including the State Water Board
NPDES General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with
Construction and Land Disturbance Activities.
21. Storm water discharges to combined sewer systems are not covered under
this General Permit. These discharges must be covered by an individual
permit. (40 C.F.R. § 122.26(a)(7).)
22. Conveyances that discharge storm water runoff combined with municipal
sewage are not covered under this General Permit.
23. Discharges of storm water identified in Clean Water Act section 402(l) (33
U.S.C. § 1342(l)) are not covered under this General Permit.
24. Facilities otherwise subject to this General Permit but for which a valid Notice
of Non-Applicability (NONA) has been certified and submitted via SMARTS,
by the Entity are not covered under this General Permit. Entities (See
Section XX.C.1 of this General Permit) who are claiming “No Discharge”
Order 2014-0057-DWQ 3
