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Industrial General Permit Order

through the NONA shall meet the eligibility requirements and provide a No
Discharge Technical Report in accordance with Section XX.C.

25. This General Permit does not authorize discharges of dredged or fill material
regulated by the US Army Corps of Engineers under section 404 of the Clean
Water Act and does not constitute a water quality certification under section
401 of the Clean Water Act.

C. Discharge Prohibitions

26. Pursuant to section 13243 of the Water Code, the State Water Board may
specify certain conditions or areas where the discharge of waste, or certain
types of waste, is prohibited.

27. With the exception of certain authorized NSWDs as defined in Section IV, this
General Permit prohibits NSWDs. The State Water Board recognizes that
certain NSWDs should be authorized because they are not generated by
industrial activity, are not significant sources of pollutants when managed
appropriately, and are generally unavoidable because they are related to
safety or would occur regardless of industrial activity. Prohibited NSWDs may
be authorized under other individual or general NPDES permits, or waste
discharge requirements issued by the Water Boards.

28. Prohibited NSWDs are referred to as unauthorized NSWDs in this General
Permit. Unauthorized NSWDs shall be either eliminated or permitted by a
separate NPDES permit. Unauthorized NSWDs may contribute significant
pollutant loads to receiving waters. Measures to control sources of
unauthorized NSWDs such as spills, leakage, and dumping, must be
addressed through the implementation of Best Management Practices
(BMPs).

29. This General Permit incorporates discharge prohibitions contained in water
quality control plans, as implemented by the Water Boards.

30. Direct discharges of waste, including industrial storm water discharges, to
Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) are prohibited unless the
Discharger has applied for and the State Water Board has granted an
exception to the State Water Board’s 2009 Water Quality Control Plan for
Ocean Waters of California as amended by State Water Board Resolution
2012-0056 (California Ocean Plan)2 allowing the discharge.

2 State Water Resources Control Board. Ocean Standards Web Page.
<http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/>. [as of February 4, 2014].
State Water Resources Control Board. Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California 2009.
<http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/docs/2009_cop_adoptedeffective_usepa.pdf>. [as of
February 4, 2014].
State Water Resources Control Board. Resolution 2012-0056.
<http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/board_decisions/adopted_orders/resolutions/2012/rs2012_0056.pdf>. [as of February 4,
2014].

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