Tennessee Issues Draft Construction Storm Water Permit

Public hearings are being scheduled to explain the recently released draft of Tennessee’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges of Storm Water Associated with Construction Activity (CGP). The permit authorizes point-source discharges of storm water associated with construction activities in accordance with monitoring and reporting requirements, effluent limitations, and other provisions.

The draft permit can be viewed at:
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/wpc/stormh2o/draft/tnr100000_cgp_draf...

Click on the following link to view the hearing schedule and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Water Pollution Control’s rationale for permit conditions to be applied statewide for the reissuance of the Tennessee NPDES CGP. The CGP is intended to authorize storm water point-source discharges to waters of the State of Tennessee from construction activities that disturb 1 or more acres.