Background

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s revised National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Construction General Permit No. 1200-C, which went into effect December 1, 2010, regulates stormwater runoff to surface waters from construction activities.

 

What you need to know

Federal regulations and DEQ’s 1200-C permit require permit coverage for sites less than one acre that are part of a common plan of development or sale disturbing one or more acres. Examples of a large common development or sale include a subdivision or possibly a business park or industrial park.

 

However, small-lot construction sites within specific local government agencies’ jurisdictions will be managed through local codes and automatically covered under a NPDES 1200-CN Permit, not through the DEQ-administered 1200-C permit. To determine if your site is eligible for 1200-CN coverage, see http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/stormwater/construction.htm

 

If your site is not eligible for the 1200-CN, you must apply for 1200-C permit coverage.

 

Developers who obtain 1200-C permit coverage for grading and infrastructure work can include lot construction in their plan. When this is done, they do not need a small-lot construction permit. Similarly, a builder who will be building on more than one lot in a particular development can include all lots in a single small-lot permit, as long as the total disturbed area is less than one acre. If the total disturbed area is one acre or more, use the 1200-C application for activities disturbing one acre or more.

Permit applications

 

1. What you submit with your application

 Completed Application Form

 Location Map

 Site Sketch or Drawing

 Standard Environmental and Sediment Control Plan Notes

 Standard Best Management Practices Detail Sheets

 Fees  

These forms and related guidance are available on DEQ’s website at: http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/stormwater/constappl.htm or can be obtained at a DEQ regional office or through a DEQ Agent.

 

2. Permit fees

Please check

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/wqpermit/stminfo.htm for the current fee. If you are submitting your application to a DEQ agent, please contact the agent for information on the fees.

 

3. Processing your application

DEQ or its agent will review the forms to make sure the application is complete as well as technically and administratively adequate. An incomplete application (incomplete forms, applications submitted without fees, etc.) will slow the processing of your permit coverage.

 

For more information

If you have questions about the application or do not have access to the Internet, please contact your regional DEQ stormwater representative, agent or local government agency in your area.

 

DEQ regional (stormwater) offices:

DEQ Eastern Region: Bend: 541-633-2033

DEQ Western Region: Eugene: 541- 687-7326

DEQ Northwest Region: Portland: 503-229-5438

DEQ Agent: City of Hermiston: 541-667-5025

 

Alternative formats

Alternative formats (Braille, large type) of this document can be made available. Contact DEQ’s Office of Communications and Outreach, Portland, at 503-229-5696, or call toll-free in Oregon at 1-800-452-4011, ext. 5696. People with hearing impediments may call 711.