National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Announcements
Coming Soon: Interactive Notice of Intent (iNOI)!
- Complete, save, edit and submit NPDES Stormwater
documents online
- Pay NPDES Stormwater permit fees online
- Terminate permit coverage using iNOI even if you
submitted a paper Notice of Intent
- Search, view and sort a listing of all NPDES Stormwater
permits
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) developed the federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) stormwater permitting program in two phases. Phase I, promulgated in
1990, addresses the following sources:
- "Large" and "medium" municipal separate
storm sewer systems (MS4s) located in incorporated places and counties
with populations of 100,000 or more, and
- Eleven categories of industrial activity,
one of which is large construction activity that disturbs 5 or more acres
of land.
Phase II, promulgated in 1999, addresses
additional sources, including MS4s not regulated under Phase I, and small
construction activity disturbing between 1 and 5 acres.
In October 2000, EPA authorized the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to implement the NPDES
stormwater permitting program in the State of Florida (in all areas except
Indian Country lands). DEP's authority to administer the NPDES program is
set forth in Section 403.0885, Florida Statutes (F.S.). The NPDES stormwater
program regulates point source discharges of stormwater into surface waters
of the State of Florida from certain municipal, industrial and construction
activities. As the NPDES stormwater permitting authority, DEP is responsible
for promulgating rules and issuing permits, managing and reviewing permit
applications, and performing compliance and enforcement activities.
Important note: The NPDES stormwater
permitting program is separate from the State's
stormwater/environmental
resource permitting programs (found under
Part IV, Chapter 373, F.S.
(593KB) and
Chapter 62-25, F.A.C. and local stormwater/water quality
programs, which have their own regulations and permitting requirements.
The sources of stormwater
discharges regulated under the NPDES program fall into three
categories. Follow the links to the right for more information on each.
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