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Industrial General Permit Order

B. New Dischargers applying for NOI coverage under this General Permit that will
be discharging to a water body with a 303(d) listed impairment are ineligible for
coverage unless the Discharger submits data and/or information, prepared by a
QISP, demonstrating that:

1. The Discharger has eliminated all exposure to storm water of the
pollutant(s) for which the water body is impaired, has documented the
procedures taken to prevent exposure onsite, and has retained such
documentation with the SWPPP at the facility;

2. The pollutant for which the water body is impaired is not present at the
Discharger’s facility, and the Discharger has retained documentation of this
finding with the SWPPP at the facility; or,

3. The discharge of any listed pollutant will not cause or contribute to an
exceedance of a water quality standard. This is demonstrated if: (1) the
discharge complies with water quality standard at the point of discharge, or
(2) if there are sufficient remaining waste load allocations in an approved
TMDL and the discharge is controlled at least as stringently as similar
discharges subject to that TMDL.

VIII. DISCHARGES SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA OCEAN PLAN

A. Discharges to Ocean Waters

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

2. Dischargers are ineligible for the methods and exceptions provided in
Section XI.C of this General permit for any of the outfalls discharging to
ocean waters subject to the model monitoring provisions of the California
Ocean Plan.

B. Discharge Granted an Exceptions for Areas of Special Biological
Significance (ASBS)

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