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Industrial General Permit Fact Sheet

3. Obtaining General Permit Coverage (Section II of this General Permit)

The State Water Board has developed the SMARTS online database system to
handle registration and reporting under this General Permit. More information
regarding SMARTS and access to the database is available online at
https://smarts.waterboards.ca.gov. The State Water Board has determined that all
documents related to general storm water enrollment and compliance must be
certified and submitted via SMARTS by Dischargers.

This General Permit requires all Dischargers to electronically certify and submit
PRDs via SMARTS to obtain: (1) regulatory coverage, or (2) to certify that there are
no industrial activities exposed to storm water at the facility and obtain regulatory
coverage under the NEC provision of this General Permit. Facilities that were
eligible to self-certify no exposure under the previous permit (see category 10 in
Attachment 1 of the previous permit) are required to certify and submit via SMARTS
PRDs for NOI coverage under this General Permit by July 1, 2015 or for NEC
coverage by October 1, 2015. The Water Board is estimating that 10,000 – 30,000
Dischargers may be registering for NOI or NEC coverage under this General Permit.
Separate registration deadlines, one for NOI coverage and one for NEC coverage,
provides Dischargers better assistance from Storm Water Helpdesk and staff.

Dischargers shall electronically certify and submit the PRDs via SMARTS for each
individual facility. This requirement is intended to establish a clear accounting of the
name, address, and contact information for each Discharger, as well as a description
of each Discharger’s facility.

The Water Boards recognize that certain information pertaining to an industrial
facility may be confidential. Many Stakeholders were asking for clarification on the
process the Water Boards would use to manage confidential information or the
process Dischargers could use to redact such information. Dischargers may redact
trade secrets information from required submittals (Section II.B.3.d). Dischargers
are required to include a general description of the redacted information and the
basis for the redaction. Dischargers are still required to submit complete and un-
redacted versions of the information to the Water Boards within 30 days, however
these versions should be clearly labeled “CONFIDENTIAL” so that the confidentiality
of these documents is clear to Regional Water Board staff, even when there is a
change in staff. This General Permit requires that all information provided to the
Water Boards by the Discharger comply with the Homeland Security Act and other
federal law that addresses security in the United States.

All Dischargers who certify and submit PRDs via SMARTS for NOI coverage on or
after July 1, 2015 or for NEC coverage on or after October 1, 2015, shall
immediately comply with the provisions in this General Permit.

4. General Permit Coverage for Landfills

This General Permit covers storm water discharges from landfills, land application
sites, and open dumps that receive or have received industrial waste from any
facility covered by this General Permit. Industrial storm water discharges from these

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