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Industrial Stormwater General Permit

  Public Comment Period, Workshops, and Hearing for the Draft Modified Permit

•   Draft Modified Permit
•   Draft Modified Permit ("track-changes" version)
•   Fact Sheet Addendum for Proposed Permit Modification

Ecology proposes to modify the Industrial Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The permit was last issued in October 2009 and is scheduled to expire in January 2015. This permit modification is necessary to address the April 25, 2011 ruling by the Pollution Control Hearings Board, which requires changes to the sampling and corrective action requirements. Ecology is also proposing to remove the numeric effluent limitations for fecal coliform that apply to approximately 80 facilities discharging to 303(d)-listed impaired waterbodies, and replace them with Best Management Practices.

The modified draft permit and fact sheet are available for review and public comment from February 1, 2012 to March 16, 2012 at 5pm.

Submitting Written Comments

Ecology will accept written comments on the draft permit and fact sheet from February 1, 2012 to March 16, 2012 at 5 pm. Ecology prefers comments be submitted by email. Emailed comments must contain the commenter’s name and postal address. Comments should reference specific permit text when possible.

Ecology prefers comments be submitted by email to: industrialstormwatercomments@ecy.wa.gov. Written comments must be postmarked or received via email no later than March 16, 2012 at 5 pm.

Submit written, hard copy comments to:
Jeff Killelea, Department of Ecology
PO Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504-7600

Public Hearing

Ecology will host a public hearing and workshop to explain the proposed changes to the permit, and provide an opportunity for people to give formal oral testimony and comments on the draft permit.

March 12, 2012 at 1 p.m. - South Seattle Community College
Georgetown Campus (Room C110/C111)
6737 Corson Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98108-3450

Public Workshops

Ecology will host the below workshops to explain the proposed changes to the permit.

March 5, 2012 at 1 p.m. - Moses Lake Fire Station
701 East 3rd Avenue, Moses Lake, WA 98837

March 6, 2012 at 1 p.m. - Water Resources Education Center
4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA 98668-1995

March 14, 2012 at 1 p.m. - Skagit Transit Station
105 East Kincaid Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Current Permit Documents

• Permit (January 1, 2010)
• Fact Sheet
• Errata Sheet
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Summary of Major Changes to the Permit
• Focus Sheet

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Guidance - Developing a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, FAQs, Reducing Zinc, How to Sample. 

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Historical Information - Public Comments from previous permits and other documents. 

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