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Page 3 of 38 Permit No: MNR040000 PART I. AUTHORIZATION UNDER THIS PERMIT A. Eligibility To be eligible for authorization to discharge stormwater under this permit, the applicant must be an owner and/or operator(owner/operator) of a small MS4 and meet one or more of the criteria requiring permit issuance as specified in Minn. R. 7090.1010. 1. Authorized Stormwater Discharges This permit authorizes stormwater discharges from small MS4s as defined in 40 CFR § 122.26(b)(16). 2. Authorized Non-Stormwater Discharges The following categories of non-stormwater discharges or flows are authorized under this permit to enter the permittee's small MS4 only if the permittee does not identify them as significant contributors of pollutants (i.e., illicit discharges), in which case the discharges or flows shall be addressed in the permittee's SWPPP: water line flushing, landscape irrigation, diverted stream flows, rising groundwaters, uncontaminated groundwater infiltration (as defined at 40 CFR § 35.2005(b)(20)), uncontaminated pumped groundwater, discharges from potable water sources, foundation drains, air conditioning condensation, irrigation water, springs, water from crawl space pumps, footing drains, lawn watering, individual residential car washing, flows from riparian habitats and wetlands, dechlorinated swimming pool discharges, street wash water, and discharges or flows from firefighting activities. B. Limitations on Authorization The following discharges or activities are not authorized by this permit: 1. Non-stormwater discharges, except those authorized in Part I.A.2. 2. Discharges of stormwater to the small MS4 from activities requiring a separate NPDES/SDS permit.This permit does not replace or satisfy any other permitting requirements. 3. Discharges of stormwater to the small MS4 from any other entity located in the drainage area or outside the drainage area. Only the permittee's small MS4 and the portions of the storm sewer system that are under the permittee's operational control are authorized by this permit. 4. This permit does not replace or satisfy any environmental review requirements, including those under the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (Minn. Stat. § 116D), or the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. §§4321 -4370 f). 5. This permit does not replace or satisfy any review requirements for endangered or threatened species, from new or expanded discharges that adversely impact or contribute to adverse impacts on a listed endangered or threatened species, or adversely modify a designated critical habitat.