Idaho builders and developers must comply with federal storm water rules for another two years.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s storm water Construction General Permit expired July 1, but EPA immediately re-issued the permit for an additional two years. It applies in the five states where EPA is the permitting authority: Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Mexico. It also applies in Washington, D.C., in most territories, and on most Native American lands.
EPA’s storm water Construction General Permit regulates storm water discharge from construction sites that disturb more than 1 acre, and from smaller sites that are part of larger planned developments. Construction site operators must use storm water controls and develop storm water pollution-prevention plans to minimize discharge of sediment and other pollutants associated with runoff.
Sites covered under the 2003 permit must continue to comply with that permit’s provisions and do not need to apply for coverage under the new permit, EPA said in a release.
EPA said that by July 2010 it plans to issue another permit that will last five years and that will include an effluent-limitation guideline.
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