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Industrial General Permit Fact Sheet

approved QISP training course and has registered in SMARTS. A QISP is required to
implement certain General Permit requirements at the facility once it has entered Level
1 status in the ERA process as described in Section XII of this General Permit. In some
instances it may be advisable for a facility employee to take the training, or for a facility
to hire a QISP prior to entering Level 1 status as the training will contain information on
the new permit requirements and how to perform certain tasks such as selecting
discharge locations representative of the facility storm water discharge, evaluating
potential pollutant sources, and identifying inadequate SWPPP elements.

Some industry stakeholders have claimed that their staff is already adequately trained.
These employees may continue to perform the basic permit functions (e.g. prepare
SWPPPs, perform monitoring requirements, and prepare Annual Reports) without
receiving any additional training if the facility’s sampling and analysis results do not
exceed the NALs. This requirement is structured in a manner to reduce the costs of
compliance for facilities that may not negatively impact receiving water quality.

California licensed professional civil, industrial, chemical, and mechanical engineers
and geologists have licenses that have professional overlap with the topics of this
General Permit. The California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board for Professional
Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists (CBPELSG) provides the licensure and
regulation of professional civil, industrial, chemical, and mechanical engineers and
professional geologists in California. The State Water Board is developing a specialized
self-guided State Water Board-sponsored registration and training program specifically
for these CPBELSG licensed engineers and geologists in good standing with
CBPELSG. The CBPELSG has staff and resources dedicated to investigate and take
appropriate enforcement actions in instances where a licensed professional engineer or
geologist is alleged to be noncompliant with CBPELSG’s laws and regulations. Actions
that result in noncompliance with this General Permit may constitute a potential violation
of the CBPELSG requirements and may subject a licensee to investigation by the
CBPELSG.

A QISP may represent one or more facilities but must be able to perform the functions
required by this General Permit at all times. It is advisable that this individual be limited
to a specific geographic region due to the difficulty of performing the needed tasks
before, during, and after qualifying storm events may be difficult or impossible if
extensive travel is required. Dischargers are required to ensure that the designated
QISP has completed the appropriate QISP training course.

This General Permit contains a mechanism that allows for the Water Boards’ Executive
Director or Executive Officer to rescind the registration of any QISPs who are found to
be inadequately performing their duties as a QISP will no longer be able to do so. A
QISP may ask the State Water Board to review any decision to revoke his or her QISP
registration. Table 1 of this Fact Sheet below describes the different roles that the QISP
and California licensed professional engineers have in this General Permit.

TABLE 1: Role-Specific Permit Requirements

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