surfacewater discharge general permits

Construction Dewatering General Permit
This general permit authorizes discharges of groundwater that result from lowering the groundwater table during construction.

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Program Contact: Surya Shah, Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2, (609) 292-4860

Hydrostatic Test Water Discharges
This general permit should interest those in the utilities, construction, and petroleum storage tank terminal industries. It covers discharges occurring during the hydrostatic testing of storage tanks and pipelines that have been cleaned pursuant to recognized federal, state or general industry documented procedures.

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• Text of General Permit (pdf)

Program Contact: Surya Shah, Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2, (609) 292-4860

Swimming Pool Discharges
This general permit authorizes discharges from municipal, commercial and other non-residential swimming pools. These discharges result from the backflushing of filtration equipment used to remove solids and other materials from pool water.

• Text of General Permit (pdf)

Program Contact: Surya Shah, Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2, (609) 292-4860

General Petroleum Product Cleanup (B4B)
This general permit authorizes discharges of treated groundwater from petroleum leaks (i.e. fuel oil, diesel fuel, kerosene, aviation fuel, and gasoline) to select surface waterbodies. Groundwater contaminated by a gasoline spill, which is pumped from the ground and treated prior to discharge to a stream would be one example. The permit is flexibily designed, addressing several different discharge scenarios.

A renewal of this general permit is currently available in final form as issued on October 30, 2003. The renewal permit has been issued for a term of five years so it is effective from December 1, 2003 through November 30, 2008. The text of the final permit is available below:

• Final Permit - TOC, Distribution List, General Permit Authorization, & Response to Comments (pdf)
• Final Permit - General Permit Requirements Parts I, II, III, and IV (pdf)
• Final Permit - Attachments and Appendices (pdf)
• Fact Sheet for the Draft Permit (pdf)

Program Contact: Sue Rosenwinkel, Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2, (609) 292-4860

General Remediation Clean-up (BGR)
This general permit authorizes discharges of treated groundwater to surface waters of the state. It will regulate discharges from remediation clean-ups that do no typically contain petroleum products. Please note, C1 and PL classified waters are not eligible for authorization under this general permit. This permit was issued in final form on April 21, 2005 and becomes effective on June 1, 2005.

This general permit is available below:

• Final Permit - Cover Letter, Table of Contents, NJPDES Permit Authorization Page, Attachments 1 and 2 (pdf)
• Final Permit - General Permit Requirements Parts I, II, III, and IV (pdf)
• Final Permit - Part III-Attachment BGR, Part III-Attachment Residuals, Appendix A (Chronic WET) (pdf)
• Final Permit - Response to Comments (pdf)

Program Contact: Kelly Perez or Brian Salvo, Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2, (609) 292-4860

Non-contact Cooling Water (CG)
This general permit authorizes the discharge of non-contact cooling water. Non-contact cooling water is used to cool down various types of industrial and manufacturing equipment without directly coming into contact with facility processes.

• Text of Final General Permit (pdf)

Program Contact: Ben Manhas, Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 1, (609) 633-3869

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