The LSPA presented the following compliance tip at the November 2019 Membership Meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westborough, MA on November 21, 2019.
COMPLIANCE TIP OF THE MONTH
The LSPA presented the following compliance tip at the November 2019 Membership Meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westborough, MA on November 21, 2019.
COMPLIANCE TIP OF THE MONTH
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Remediation General Permit
Signed by EPA and MassDEP
By: Isaac Anderson, Project Manager, Cooperstown Environmental and LSPA Technical Practices Committee Member
By: Isaac Anderson, Project Manager, Cooperstown Environmental and LSPA Technical Practices Committee Member
Many of you know that the 2010 Remediation General Permit (RGP), issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1 (EPA) under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), expired in September 2015. As noted in the LSPA email blast sent on September 15, 2016, the Draft RGP was published in the Federal Register on August 18, 2016, and EPA accepted public comments until September 19, 2016. What many of you are left wondering is, what happens next, and what should you do in the interim if you have a project that requires coverage under the RGP before the new RGP is available?