EPA Region 4 recently issued a final general permit for stormwater discharges from new dischargers engaged in large and small construction activities. It is known as the 2009 construction general permit (CGP).

The 2009 CGP will expire on August 31, 2011, and is available to new construction activities and unpermitted ongoing activities only. New dischargers are those who did not file a notice of intent (NOI) to be covered under the 2004 CGP before it expired.

Existing dischargers who properly filed an NOI to be covered under the 2004 CGP continue to be authorized to discharge under that permit according to its terms. The 2009 CGP contains generally the same limits and conditions as the National CGP that was issued by other EPA regions and that became effective on June 30, 2008.

The CGP is limited to those areas where EPA Region 4 is the permitting authority, including all Indian country lands within Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

INFO: Contact EPA's Alanna Conley at 404-562-9443.