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-Xiv- Retention of Records The facility operator is required to retain records of all monitoring information, copies of all reports required by this General Permit, and records of all data used to complete the NGI for a period of five years from the date of measurement, report, or monitoring activity. This period may be extended by the State and/or Regional Water Boards. All records are public documents and must be provided to the Regional Water Boards on request. WatershedManagement The State and Regional Water Boards are undertaking a focussed effort in watershed management throughout the State. In reissuing this General Perr7it, the State Water Board recognizes both the evolving nature of watershed management and the long- term desirability of structuring monitoring programs to support the Watershed management Initiative. Therefore, the amended monitoring and reporting provisions provide flexibility for individual facility operators or groups of facility operators to propose and participate in, subject to Regional Water Board approval, watershed monitoring programs in lieu of some or all of the monitoring requirements contained in this General Permit. Facility Operator Compliance Responsibilities This General. Permit has been written to encourage individual facility operators to develop their own SWPPP and monitoring programs. Many facility operators, however, choose to obtain compliance assistance either by hiring a consultant on an individual basis or by participating in a group monitoring plan. Pegardless of how a facility operator chooses to pursue compliance, it is the facility operator that is responsible for compliance with this General Permit. The State Water Board recognizes that industrial activities and operating conditions at many facilities change over time. In addition, new and more effective BMPs are being developed by various facility operators and by industrial groups. The SWPPP and monitoring program requirements include various inspections, reviews, and observations all of which recognize, encourage, and mandate an iterative self-evaluation process that is necessary to consistently comply with this General Permit. In general, ® facility operators that develop and implement SWPPPs that comply with this General Permit should not be penalized when discovering minor violations through this iterative self-evaluation process. The General Permit provides facility operators up to 90 days to revise and implement the SWPPP to correct_ such violations.