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Economic Impact Analysis -- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Wastewater Discharge General Permit: Industrial Stormwater General Permit
 
Publication number Date Published
09-10-041June 2009
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Author(s) Sarah Wilson
Description The Industrial Stormwater General Permit is a statewide permit that provides coverage for discharges of stormwater from industrial facilities. The permit specifically regulates discharges of stormwater to surface water bodies.


WAC 173-226-120 requires an economic analysis of any proposed water-quality general permit to serve the following purposes. The analysis must provide:


  • A brief description of the compliance requirements of the general permit.

  • The estimated costs for complying with the permit, based upon existing data for facilities intended to be covered under the general permit.

  • A comparison, to the greatest extent possible, of the cost of compliance for small businesses with the cost of compliance for the largest ten percent of the facilities intended to be covered under the general permit.

  • A summary of how the permit provides mitigation to reduce the effect on small businesses (if a disproportionate impact is expected), without compromising the mandated intent of the permit.


    • A small business is defined as any business entity, including a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity, that is owned and operated independently from all other businesses, and that has 50 or fewer employees.
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    Keywords economic impact analysis, industrial stormwater general permit, wastewater, Stormwater General Permit, pollution, industrial stormwater, discharge
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