030000 Division Response to Comment Pt 2

DIVISION RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PART 2 – STORMWATER CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PERMIT COR-030000 5/31/07 # CATEGORY CHANGES TO PERMIT AND/OR RATIONALE 1 Division-Initiated Changes 1.a Permit Rewording/Clarifications Several comments were received requesting minor editorial changes that did not change permit n/a content, but were recommended to improve clarity. Several of these resulted in minor wording changes in the permit and rationale. Several editorial changes were also made by the Division. When the changes were minor and did not affect the content, they are not addressed in this document. 1.b Timeframe for Incorporating Permit Changes into Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) The effective date for the revised permit is July 1, 2007. The revised permit contains some provisions Permit that may require existing permittees to make changes to their SWMP. If an existing permittee Part I.B.5 followed the recommendations in the SWMP guide, then their SWMP will presumably meet the new requirements. However, for any existing permittees (i.e., those with permit coverage before June 30, Rationale 2007) who did not follow the applicable SWMP guide recommendations, their SMWP must be Section II.I amended to include the new required items. Permittees have 90 days from the effective date of the new permit (i.e., until October 1, 2007) to make any necessary changes. This deadline was added to the permit and rationale. 2 Routine Maintenance i ...