The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a pre-publication Federal Register Notice for its 2021 Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges (“MSGP”).
The MSGP is a general permit (as opposed to an individual permit) utilized by EPA to address stormwater discharges associated with thousands of different types of facilities in the United States.
The MSGP applies to any number of businesses in multiple industrial sectors. Examples might include cement mixing, scrap metal, trucking, food processing, printing and publishing, oil and gas extraction, and asphalt paving and roofing materials. A separate general permit is used for construction activities.