1200-A Discharge General Permit and Water Pollution Control Facilities 1000 Renewal 2025
Renewal efforts have begun for two expired DEQ permits. The Water Pollution Control Facility 1000 permit expired on Oct. 31, 2017, and a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System 1200-A stormwater permit expired on Dec. 3, 2017. Both permits are associated with sand and gravel and other nonmetallic minerals quarrying and mining.
The permit renewal and reissuance process include listening sessions, informal meetings, a formal comment period and a public hearing.
DEQ will renew the WPCF 1000 and the NPDES 1200-A on the same schedule. All informal and formal public engagement will involve changing conditions to both permits.
Please sign up for 1200-A Stormwater Newsletter or stormwater topic for the latest information.
Timeline:
- March 25, 2025, 2 - 3:30 p.m.: Listening Session to gather input from interested parties. Presentation slides
- Fall 2025: Public notice and hearing
- End of 2025: Final issuance
Current 1200-Z Stormwater Discharge General Permit
The current 1200-Z permit unintentionally omitted a clause that has been in the permit since 2007. The rule amendment corrects contradictory permit conditions that create ambiguity in the permit's regulatory requirements.
On July 20, 2023, the Environmental Quality Commission approved a rule amendment to the permit to add: “Permit registrants are not required to conduct this evaluation for the benchmark parameter(s) for which DEQ or agent has granted a monitoring waiver in accordance with Schedule B.9 of this permit." Without this clause, permit registrants may incur high capital costs to install stormwater treatment based on one storm event sample results, which is not the corrective action framework the permit is based on.
Minor Modification
On Aug. 17, 2022, DEQ modified the 1200-Z to correct minor errors. Find details of the minor modifications in
this fact sheet. The expiration date remains unchanged and reference corrections do not alter coverage or permit requirements.
DEQ initiated a rulemaking in April 2019 to renew the 1200-Z permit.
Your DEQ Online for Stormwater Permits
DEQ Stormwater Permitting is now operating in DEQ's newest online platform, called Your DEQ Online. Please refer to the fact sheets, instructional guides, video tutorials and webinars below for more information on how to create a new account. The DEQ Stormwater permitting program is no longer accepting paper applications or reports, all stormwater permitting transactions must be conducted through a Your DEQ Online account.
Access Your DEQ Online
Submit a Help Request to Your DEQ Online Help Desk
Your DEQ Online – Stormwater Instructional Guides
Videos: Your DEQ Online Instructional Videos playlist
Webinars: Submit DMRs and other Industrial and Construction Stormwater Reports in YDO.
These live instruction webinars were recorded, and include instructions for how to submit revised ESCPs, revised SWPCPs, DMRs and other reports.
NPDES Industrial Stormwater Discharge Permit
DEQ’s Stormwater program moved to a new electronic data management system called
Your DEQ Online. Starting on
Sept. 30, 2021, you can set up your account and start submitting notifications and fees electronically.
Fees
Please see
Table 70G for application and annual fees. Activity and other fees may apply.
Permit supporting documents (expired)
Permit requirements remain in effect for existing facilities operating under an expired permit until the permit registrant is notified of permit renewal.
DEQ’s Stormwater program moved to a new electronic data management system called Your DEQ Online. Starting on Sept. 30, 2021, you can set up your account and start submitting notifications and fees electronically.
Discharge Monitoring Report form for 1200-A permit holders
Discharge Monitoring Report form for 1200-Z permit holders
No Exposure Certification form for Exclusion from NPDES Stormwater Permitting
Name change and/or Permit Transfer for NPDES or WPCF Permit
Termination form
Stormwater Permit eReporting Waiver Request
DEQ’s Stormwater program moved to a new electronic data management system called
Your DEQ Online.
Visit
Your DEQ Online to review and comment on currently available permit applications.
Contact
For general information about Industrial Stormwater Discharge Permits, contact the program by email.