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Industrial General Permit Order

4. LRP eligibility is as follows:

a. For a corporation: by a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose of
this section, a responsible corporate officer means:

i. A president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation
in charge of a principal business function; or

ii. The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating
facilities, provided, the manager is authorized to make management
decisions which govern the operation of the regulated facility
including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital
investment recommendations, and initiating and directing other
comprehensive measures to assure long term environmental
compliance with environmental laws and regulations; the manager
can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions
taken to gather complete and accurate information for permit
application requirements; and where authority to sign documents has
been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with
corporate procedures.

b. For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or the
proprietor, respectively;

c. For a municipality, state, federal, or other public agency: by either a
principal executive officer or ranking elected official. This includes the
chief executive officer of the agency or the senior executive officer
having responsibility for the overall operations of a principal geographic
unit of the agency (e.g., Regional Administrators of U.S. EPA).

5. Duly Authorized Representative eligibility is as follows:

a. The Discharger must authorize via SMARTS any person designated as a
Duly Authorized Representative;

b. The authorization shall specify that a person designated as a Duly
Authorized Representative has responsibility for the overall operation of
the regulated facility or activity, such as a person that is a manager,
operator, superintendent, or another position of equivalent responsibility,
or is an individual who has overall responsibility for environmental
matters for the company; and,

c. The authorization must be current (it has been updated to reflect a
different individual or position) prior to any report submittals, certifications,
or records certified by the Duly Authorized Representative.

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