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Order <br />2009-0009-DWQ amended by 2010-0014-DWQ & 2012-0006-DWQ <br /> 6 <br />35. Discharges occurring in basins that are not tributary or hydrologically <br />connected to waters of the United States (for more information contact <br />your Regional Water Board). <br /> <br />D. Obtaining and Modifying General Permit Coverage <br /> <br />36. This General Permit requires all dischargers to electronically file all <br />Permit Registration Documents (PRDs), Notices of Termination (NOT), <br />changes of information, annual reporting, and other compliance <br />documents required by this General Permit through the State Water <br />Board’s Storm water Multi-Application and Report Tracking System <br />(SMARTS) website. <br /> <br />37. Any information provided to the Regional Water Board shall comply <br />with the Homeland Security Act and any other federal law that <br />concerns security in the United States; any information that does not <br />comply should not be submitted. <br /> <br />38. This General Permit grants an exception from the Risk Determination <br />requirements for existing sites covered under Water Quality Orders No. <br />99-08-DWQ, and No. 2003-0007-DWQ. For certain sites, adding <br />additional requirements may not be cost effective. Construction sites <br />covered under Water Quality Order No. 99-08-DWQ shall obtain permit <br />coverage at the Risk Level 1. LUPs covered under Water Quality <br />Order No. 2003-0007-DWQ shall obtain permit coverage as a Type 1 <br />LUP. The Regional Water Boards have the authority to require Risk <br />Determination to be performed on sites currently covered under Water <br />Quality Orders No. 99-08-DWQ and No. 2003-0007-DWQ where they <br />deem it necessary. The State Water Board finds that there are two <br />circumstances when it may be appropriate for the Regional Water <br />Boards to require a discharger that had filed an NOI under State Water <br />Board Order No. 99-08-DWQ to recalculate the site’s risk level. These <br />circumstances are: (1) when the discharger has a demonstrated <br />history of noncompliance with State Water Board Order No. 99-08- <br />DWQ or; (2) when the discharger’s site poses a significant risk of <br />causing or contributing to an exceedance of a water quality standard <br />without the implementation of the additional Risk Level 2 or 3 <br />requirements. <br /> <br />E. Prohibitions <br /> <br />39. All discharges are prohibited except for the storm water and non-storm <br />water discharges specifically authorized by this General Permit or <br />another NPDES permit. Non-storm water discharges include a wide <br />variety of sources, including improper dumping, spills, or leakage from <br />storage tanks or transfer areas. Non-storm water discharges may