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SPECIAL CONDITIONS <br /> Si. PERMIT COVERAGE <br /> A. Permit Area <br /> This Construction Stormwater General Permit (CSWGP) covers all areas of Washington <br /> State, except for federal operators and Indian Country as specified in Special Condition <br /> S 1.E.3. <br /> B. Operators Required to Seek Coverage Under this General Permit: <br /> 1. Operators of the following construction activities are required to seek coverage <br /> under this CSWGP: <br /> a. Clearing, grading and/or excavation that results in the disturbance of one or <br /> more acres (including off-site disturbance acreage authorized in S1.C.2) and <br /> discharges stormwater to surface waters of the State; and clearing, grading <br /> and/or excavation on sites smaller than one acre that are part of a larger <br /> common plan of development or sale, if the common plan of development or <br /> sale will ultimately disturb one acre or more and discharge stormwater to <br /> surface waters of the State. <br /> i. This includes forest practices (including, but not limited to, class IV <br /> conversions)that are part of a construction activity that will result in the <br /> disturbance of one or more acres, and discharge to surface waters of the <br /> State (that is, forest practices that prepare a site for construction <br /> activities); and <br /> b. Any size construction activity discharging stormwater to waters of the State that <br /> the Washington State Department of Ecology(Ecology): <br /> i. Determines to be a significant contributor of pollutants to waters of the <br /> State of Washington. <br /> ii. Reasonably expects to cause a violation of any water quality standard. <br /> 2. Operators of the following activities.are not required to seek coverage under this <br /> CSWGP (unless specifically required under Special Condition Sl.B.1.b. above): <br /> a. Construction activities that discharge all stormwater and non-stormwater to <br /> ground water, sanitary sewer, or combined sewer, and have no point source <br /> discharge to either surface water or a storm sewer system that drains to surface <br /> waters of the State. <br /> b. Construction activities covered under an Erosivity Waiver (Special Condition <br /> S2.C). <br /> c. Routine maintenance that is performed to maintain the original line and grade, <br /> hydraulic capacity, or original purpose of a facility. <br /> Construction Stormwater General Permit <br /> Page 5 <br />