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<br />C <br />C. <br />General permit (55 Fed. Reg. 48002-3) <br />1. EPA model permits <br />EPA will soon issue general permits for the 12 <br /> <br />states that do not administer the NPDES program. These <br />general permits will be virtually identical and will <br />likely operate as models for NPDES states that are <br />developing their own general permits. Draft general <br />permits were published for comment in August 1991. 56 <br />Fed. Reg. 40948. Once these permits are issued, many <br />dischargers will be able to elect to be covered by a <br />general permit rather than an individual or group <br />permit. EPA hopes that most dischargers will elect to <br />be covered by a general permit. <br />The election will be made by filing a Notice of <br />Intent (NOI), rather than an application. The exact <br />requirements for completing an NOI will be specified in <br />each general permit. 40 C.F.R. 122.28. <br />The general permits will require dischargers to <br />inventory their storm water discharges and activities <br />which may affect them and adopt certain best management <br />practices, including the development of a Pollution <br />Prevention Plan. The draft general permits require <br />that a Pollution Prevention Plan contain the following: <br />a. an identification of persons responsible for <br />implementing the plan; <br />- 11 - <br />