Permit issued: November 16, 2020
<br />Permit expires: November 15, 2025
<br />M N RO40000
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<br />a. a BMP is added, and none subtracted, from the SWPPP; or
<br />b. a less effective BMP is replaced with a more effective BMP. The alternate BMP must address the same, or similar,
<br />concerns as the ineffective or failed BMP. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />25.1
<br />Annual Assessment, Annual Reporting, and Recordkeeping. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />25.2
<br />The permittee must conduct an annual assessment to evaluate compliance with the terms and conditions of the General
<br />Permit, including the effectiveness of the components of the SWPPP and the status of achieving the measurable
<br />requirements in the General Permit. Measurable requirements are activities that must be documented or tracked (e.g.,
<br />education and outreach efforts, implementation of written plans, inventories, trainings, site plan reviews, inspections,
<br />enforcement, etc.). The permittee must perform the annual assessment prior to completion of each annual report and
<br />document any modifications made to the SWPPP as a result of the annual assessment. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />25.3
<br />The permittee must submit an annual report : Due annually, by the 30th of June. The annual report must cover the portion
<br />of the previous calendar year during which the permittee was authorized to discharge stormwater under the General
<br />Permit. The annual report shall be submitted to the Agency, in a manner determined by the Agency, that includes but is not
<br />limited to:
<br />a. the status of compliance with permit terms and conditions, including an assessment of the appropriateness of BMPs
<br />identified by the permittee and progress towards achieving the measurable requirements of each of the MCMs. The
<br />assessment must be based on results of information collected and analyzed, including monitoring (if any), inspection
<br />findings, and public input received during the reporting period;
<br />b. the stormwater activities the permittee plans to undertake during the next reporting cycle;
<br />c. a change in any identified BMPs for any of the MCMs;
<br />d. the summary required in item 22.2 to demonstrate progress toward achieving applicable WI -As;
<br />e. information required to be recorded or documented in Sections 13 through 24; and
<br />f. a statement that the permittee is relying on a partnership(s) with another regulated small MS4(s) to satisfy one or more
<br />permit requirements (if applicable), and what agreements the permittee has entered into in support of this effort. [Minn. R.
<br />7090]
<br />25.4
<br />The permittee must make records, including components of the SWPPP, available to the public at reasonable times during
<br />regular business hours (see 40 CFR 122.7 for confidentiality provision). [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />25.5
<br />The permittee must retain copies of the permit application, all documentation necessary to comply with SWPPP
<br />requirements, all data and information used by the permittee to complete the application process, and any information
<br />developed as a requirement of the General Permit or as requested by the Commissioner, for a period of at least three (3)
<br />years beyond the date of permit expiration. This period is automatically extended during the course of an unresolved
<br />enforcement action regarding the small MS4 or as requested by the Commissioner. [Minn. R. 7001.0080, Minn. R. 7090]
<br />25.6
<br />The permittee must, when requested by the Commissioner, submit within a reasonable time the information and reports
<br />that are relevant to the control of pollution regarding the construction, modification, or operation of the facility covered by
<br />the General Permit or regarding the conduct of the activity covered by the General Permit. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, Subp. 3(H),
<br />Minn. R.7090]
<br />25.7
<br />The permittee must use an electronic submittal process, as provided by the Agency, to submit information required by the
<br />General Permit. If electronic submittal is not available, the permittee must use the following mailing address:
<br />Supervisor, Municipal Stormwater Unit
<br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
<br />520 Lafayette Road North
<br />St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4194. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />26.1
<br />General Conditions. [Minn. R. 7090]
<br />26.2
<br />The Agency's issuance of a permit does not release the permittee from any liability, penalty, or duty imposed by Minnesota
<br />or federal statutes or rules or local ordinances, except the obligation to obtain the General Permit. [Minn. R. 7001.0150,
<br />Subp. 3(A)]
<br />26.3
<br />The Agency's issuance of a permit does not prevent the future adoption by the Agency of pollution control rules, standards,
<br />or orders more stringent than those now in existence and does not prevent the enforcement of these rules, standards, or
<br />orders against the permittee. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, Subp. 3(B)]
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