2022 EPA Construction General Permit Clears Up Some Rules And Sets New Ones For Construction Operators

The Environmental Protection Agency just finalized its 2022 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)  Construction General Permit (CGP). The CGP authorizes stormwater discharges from construction projects in jurisdictions where EPA is the NPDES permitting authority. It took effect Feb. 17 and includes a number of major changes from the prior CGP.

Who is impacted?

The CGP applies to operators of construction sites in jurisdictions where EPA is the permitting authority. Although most states oversee their own stormwater discharge permitting systems and publish state-specific CGPs, EPA retains permitting authority in a handful of jurisdictions, including:

• Massachusetts