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Water Benefits
Air Benefits | Water Benefits | Waste (RCRA) Benefits | Coordination with State Programs | Low Priority for Routine Inspections
Expedited NPDES Permit Reviews
Performance Track staff work with EPA’s Office of Water on the implementation of a policy to expedite the review of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit renewal applications held by Performance Track members. Performance Track contacts members whose NPDES permits are expiring in the near future to discuss opportunities for an expedited permit renewal application review.
Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
EPA encourages states to provide more favorable terms to Performance Track facilities in their Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) programs. CWSRF programs use a combination of federal and state contributions to make low-interest loans to interested parties for a variety of water quality projects dealing with municipal wastewater treatment projects, nonpoint sources, watershed protection or restoration, and estuary management. The incoming loan repayments are "recycled" into new loan disbursements for other water-related projects. The CWSRF loans can help Performance Track facilities achieve environmental goals that are important to state and local environmental priorities. The support also could encourage facilities to increase their community involvement, perhaps helping to link facilities with watershed groups. Working with Performance Track facilities allows states to support activities that are beyond regulatory requirements. More information is available in the EPA Performance Track and CWSRF and Fact Sheet (PDF). (4 pp, 123K).
Facilitating Existing Flexibilities
Performance Track has been working with several Performance Track members to facilitate the use of existing NPDES permitting flexibilities. These discussions include one or some combination of the following: coordinated or balanced effluent and ambient monitoring, reduced effluent monitoring frequencies, reduced reporting frequencies, expedited review of a facility’s NPDES permit, and single point of contact in the state and EPA Region.