A permit that is developed for a specific activity. Applicants are granted coverage to operate within the guidelines and conditions of the General Permit.
An operating permit developed for a category of facilities with similar characteristics. Each qualifying facility within a specified geographic area would receive an identical general permit for each operating location. An example would be septage that is land applied.
a cost-effective alternative to regulation by individual permits because the technical requirements will provide equivalent environmental protection to those included in an individual permit
a fire safety issue that requires permitting per the Uniform Fire Code and is required by the Westminster Fire Department
an authorization issued on a nationwide or regional basis for categories of activities judged to be substantially similar in nature and to cause only minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental impacts
a permit designed to apply to a variety of similar facilities
a permit for a specific activity issued throughout the state
a permit template that allows qualified facilities to obtain a construction permit the same day that the application is submitted
a pre-approved permit and certificate which applies to a specific class of significant sources
a single permit issued to cover a large number of similar discharges
a standardized permit with pre-determined conditions for similar discharges
a WPC operating permit for categories of facilities with similar characteristics
A set of conditions that can be standardized for a number of facilities; use of general permits where possible eliminates individualized permits for similar situations and is cheaper and less burdensome administratively than individual permits.
an expedited form of a CAMA major permit that authorizes routine development projects, such as private piers, or emergency work, such as beach bulldozing following a hurricane.
A permit issued under the NPDES program to cover a certain class or category of stormwater discharges. These permits reduce the administrative burden of permitting stormwater discharges.
An NPDES permit used for certain categories of wastewater discharges that occur within a certain geographic area.
A permit applicable to a class or category of dischargers.
