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Industrial General Permit Order

California Ocean Plan’s model monitoring provisions. These provisions
require Dischargers to: (a) monitor runoff for specific parameters at all outfalls
from two storm events per year, and collect at least one representative
receiving water sample per year, (b) conduct specified toxicity monitoring at
certain types of outfalls at a minimum of once per year, and (c) conduct
marine sediment monitoring for toxicity under specific circumstances. The
California Ocean Plan provides conditions under which some of the above
monitoring provisions may be waived by the Water Boards.

44. This General Permit requires Dischargers with outfalls discharging to ocean
waters that are subject to the model monitoring provisions of the California
Ocean Plan to develop and implement a monitoring plan in compliance with
those provisions and any additional monitoring requirements established
pursuant to Water Code section 13383. Dischargers that have not developed
and implemented a monitoring program in compliance with the California
Ocean Plan’s model monitoring provisions by July 1, 2015 (the effective date
of this General Permit), or seven (7) days prior to commencing operations,
whichever is later, are ineligible to obtain coverage under this General Permit.

45. The California Ocean Plan prohibits the direct discharge of waste to ASBS.
ASBS are defined in California Ocean Plan as “those areas designated by the
State Water Board as ocean areas requiring protection of species or
biological communities to the extent that alteration of natural water quality is
undesirable.”

46. The California Ocean Plan authorizes the State Water Board to grant an
exception to Ocean Plan provisions where the board determines that the
exception will not compromise protection of ocean waters for beneficial uses
and the public interest will be served.

47. On March 20, 2012, the State Water Board adopted Resolution 2012-0012
which contains exceptions to the California Ocean Plan for specific
discharges of storm water and non-point sources. This resolution also
contains the special protections that are to be implemented for those
discharges to ASBS.

48. This General Permit requires Dischargers who have been granted an
exception to the Ocean Plan authorizing the discharges to ASBS by the State
Water Board to comply with the requirements contained in Section VIII.B of
this General Permit.

H. Training

49. To improve compliance and maintain consistent implementation of this
General Permit, Dischargers are required to designate a Qualified Industrial
Storm Water Practitioner (QISP) for each facility the Discharger operates that
has entered Level 1 status in the Exceedance Response Action (ERA)
process as described in Section XII of this General Permit. A QISP may be
assigned to more than one facility. In order to qualify as a QISP, a State

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