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Explore these digging deepers to learn more about the nuts and bolts of the pollution discharge permit program and how you can best be involved.

Background on the NPDES program

The goal: eliminate discharge of pollutants
States where EPA runs the NPDES program
Defining point source pollution
How are permit limits expressed?
Secondary treatment for municipal sewage
Best professional judgment -- without federal limit
"Reasonable potential analysis"
Discharge permit fees
Mixing zone policies survey
Mixing zone action checklist

Background on general permits

General permits
Public review of general permits
Requiring a general permit to become an individual permit
Does antidegradation apply to general permits

Influencing NPDES permits

What is required in a public notice?
Permit Compliance System
What to examine in a permit
Getting the documents you need
No "backsliding" in renewed permits
Discharges causing or contributing to a standards violation
Causes for modifications of permits
NPDES action checklist

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