The MSGP-2010 permit, and supporting documentation, may
be found at the following website:
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/water/permits/msgp.html
Notice of Intent to
Discharge Storm Water
Pima County Department of
Environmental Quality To obtain storm water permit coverage under the AZPDES
March 2011 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP-2010), Sector E
facilities are required to submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to
ADEQ. The NOI form may be found at:
AZPDES Storm Water Program http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/
water/permits/download/2010/122010b.pdf
Through the Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(AZPDES) program, the Arizona Department of Existing facilities have 120 days from the effective date of the
Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has established requirements MSGP-2010 (i.e., until May 31, 2011) to prepare a Storm
for controlling storm water discharges that could adversely Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and submit the
affect the quality of rivers, washes, and water bodies in Notice of Intent (NOI) to obtain coverage. A facility in
Arizona. The regulations are intended to protect waterways, operation prior to the effective date of the MSGP-2010 must
dry streambeds, and the desert. also develop a SWPPP and apply for coverage, even if the
facility did not originally obtain coverage under EPA’s
Facilities associated with industrial activity from glass, clay, MSGP-2000. New facilities must submit a NOI and prepare a
cement, concrete, and gypsum products must obtain storm SWPPP as soon as possible and at least 32 business days
water permit coverage. The following Sector E facilities before discharge is anticipated.
identified under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
code 32 are subject to storm water program requirements: The NOI must be submitted to ADEQ at the following
location:
• 3211—Flat Glass
• 3221, 3229—Glass and Glassware, Pressed and Blown Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
• 3231—Glass Products Made of Purchased Glass Surface Water Section/Stormwater Program
• 3241—Hydraulic Cement 1110 West Washington, 5415A-1
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
• 3251-3259—Structural Clay Products
FAX: 602-771-4528
• 3261-3269—Pottery and Related Products
• 3271-3275—Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products If a facility is located within the Pima County Storm Water
• 3281—Cut Stone and Stone Products Permit Area, a copy of the NOI must also be submitted to
• 3291-3299—Abrasive, Asbestos, and Miscellaneous Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Nonmetallic Mineral Products A map of the Pima County Storm Water Permit Area may be
found at:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a
Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP-2000) on October 30, http://www.pima.gov/deq/pdf/Water/NPDES2009.pdf
2000. ADEQ has had authority for implementation,
compliance, and enforcement of EPA’s MSGP-2000 since The copy of the NOI should be sent to the following address:
assuming responsibility for the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) program on December 5, 2002. Pima County Department
of Environmental Quality
The MSGP-2000 expired in October 2005, but was Storm Water Program
administratively continued for facilities that had obtained 33 N. Stone Avenue,
coverage at the time it expired. Suite 700
Tucson, Arizona 85701
On December 20, 2010, ADEQ issued a new AZPDES Multi- FAX: 520-838-7432
Sector General Permit (MSGP-2010) for non-mining facilities.
This permit became effective on February 1, 2011. All
facilities in Arizona subject to ADEQ's MSGP-2010 are
required to apply or reapply under the new permit.
Pima County Department of
Environmental Quality
March 2011
Pima County Department of
Environmental Quality
33 N. Stone Ave., Suite 700
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Mailing
Address
Other Storm Water Glass, Clay, Cement, Concrete, and Gypsum
Products / Fact Sheet #1
Requirements Storm Water Notice of Intent
In addition to submitting a Notice of
Storm water can become
Intent (NOI), you must also prepare and For More Information
contaminated when rain mixes with
implement a Storm Water Pollution
oil, fuel, grease, chemicals, metals,
Prevention Plan (SWPPP). A SWPPP
and other fluids. Procedures
identifies structural controls and work Pima County Department of
identified in a SWPPP, if
practices that will minimize impacts Environmental Quality
implemented properly, may reduce
caused by the offsite discharge of storm 520-243-7400
the chance that storm water will
water. Storm Water Program
become contaminated and released
A site-specific Storm Water Pollution offsite. http://www.pima.gov/deq/water/
Prevention Plan must: stwmgmprog.html
• describe the layout, operations, and ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
processes of your facility; For more information, refer to the Arizona Department of
• list the pollutants that could impact following website (“What is a Environmental Quality
storm water quality; and Storm Water Pollution Prevention 602-771-4501
• identify appropriate storm water Plan?”): Dennis Turner
pollution prevention measures to http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/water/
reduce the amount of pollutants in http://www.deq.pima.gov/pdf/
permits/stormwater.html#multi
storm water discharges. Water/What_is_a_SWPPP.PDF
