The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has announced it will add new rules, amend rules and repeal rules in 329 IAC 5 and 327 IAC 15 concerning National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permits governed by 40 CFR 122. These rules are for General Permits from runoff of Stormwater from Construction Activities. This action is to correct deficiencies in Indiana’s general permit program identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The rules are due for final adoption June 1, 2013 and anticipated to be in effect on October 1, 2013