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EPA Permits Application Forms

Permit application forms for permits issued by the EPA New England within the states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire can be obtained below:

• Reassessment of Technically Based Industrial Discharge Limits (PDF) (9 pp, 1.7 MB)
• Application Form 1 - General Information (PDF) (15 pp, 713 K)
• Application Form 2A - NPDES Form 2A (PDF) (23 pp, 374 K)
  • Instructions for Form 2A (PDF) (9 pp, 48 K)
• Application Form 2B - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) and Aquatic Animal Production (CAAP) Facilities (PDF) (5 pp, 256 K)
• Application Form 2C - Wastewater Discharge Information (PDF) (26 pp, 1.6 MB)
• Application Form 2D - New Sources and New Dischargers (PDF) (18 pp, 310 K)
• Application Form 2E - Facilities Which Do Not Discharge Process Wastewater (PDF) (8 pp, 264 K)
• Application Form 2F - Application for Permit to Discharge Storm Water discharges associated with Industrial Activity (PDF) (17 pp, 436 K)
• Application Form 2S - NPDES Form 2S (PDF) (25 pp, 522 K)
  • Instructions for Form 2S (PDF) (4 pp, 29 K)
• Sufficiently Sensitive Analytical Test Methods (PDF) (13 pp, 280 K)
• Massachusetts Water Quality Criteria
• MA Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
• NH Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
• Low Erosivity Waiver Certification for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Activity (PDF) (4 pp, 213 K)
• Notice of Intent (NOI) for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Activity (PDF) (8 pp, 367 K)
• Notice of Termination (NOT) of Coverage Under NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Activity (PDF) (4 pp, 194 K)
• Notice of Termination (NOT) of Coverage Under NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity Under the NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit (PDF) (5 pp, 246 K)
• NPDES Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form (PDF) (2 pp, 192 K)
• No Exposure Certification (NOE) for Exclusion from EPA's Multi-Sector General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity (MSGP) (PDF) (6 pp, 251 K)
• Suggested Format to Submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) Modification for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Activity (PDF) (4 pp, 234 K)
• Suggested Format to Submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) Modification for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity (PDF) (8 pp, 1 MB)
• MA Coastal Zone Management Policies
• NH Coastal Zone Management Policies
• Optimum Minimum Levels (MLs) for Inorganic Priority Pollutants (PDF) (1 pg, 59 K)

Permits issued in Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont are issued by the respective state environmental agency (because the state has opted to assume the permit program). Please visit these pages for more information.

Please Note: After you have downloaded the software and filled out the forms you must print, sign (signature must be original not electronic or photocopied) and mail the forms to EPA New England and the state environmental agency - see note below regarding additional state agency forms/requirements.

EPA New England

Mailing Address:

EPA New England
Attention: Olga or Shelly (Mark Massachusetts permits to the attention of Olga Vergara and New Hampshire permits to the attention of Shelley Puleo)
5 Post Office Square
Suite 100 (OEP06-3)
Boston, MA 02109

Massachusetts For Massachusetts Permits you must also mail an identical copy of the EPA application forms to Mass DEP. Please visit the MassDEP web site for any additional state application forms that you must also complete. Mailing Address: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Attention: (See List Below) Bureau of Water Resources 1 Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 "Attention:" Contact Names Individual Municipal Permits: Jennifer Wood Individual Industrial Permits: Cathy Vakalopoulos MS4, Multi-Sector General, and Construction General Permits: Fred Civian All Other General Permits: Jennifer Wood

New Hampshire For New Hampshire Permits you must also mail an identical copy of the EPA application forms to New Hampshire DES. Mailing Address: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Attention: Jeffrey Andrews Wastewater Engineering Bureau PO Box 95 Concord, NH 03301-0095

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EPA Permit Attachments

Many of these attachments are routinely referred to in the cover page of individual issued permits

• EPA New England NPDES Permitting Staff (PDF) (1 pg, 40 K)
• Freshwater Acute Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (1 pg, 62 K)
  • Revised Freshwater Acute Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (8 pp, 100 K)
    This revised Freshwater Acute Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol is effective Feb 2011.
• Freshwater Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (1 pg, 47 K)
  • Revised Freshwater Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (7 pp, 58 K)
    This revised Freshwater Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol is effective 1/1/08.
  • Revised Freshwater Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (7 pp, 81 K)
    This revised Freshwater Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol is effective 4/4/13.
• Part II Standard Conditions (PDF) (25 pp, 142 K)
• Marine Acute Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (1 pg, 60 K)
  • Revised Marine Acute Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (10 pp, 58 K)
    This revised Marine Acute Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol is effective July 2012.
• Marine Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (11 pp, 25 K)
  • Revised Marine Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol (PDF) (12 pp, 65 K)
    This revised Marine Chronic Toxicity Test Procedure and Protocol is effective November 2013.
• Priority Pollutants: Part 423 Appendix A-126 (PDF) (1 pg, 9 K)
• Procedures for Appealing/Contesting EPA NPDES Permits (PDF) (5 pp, 2.4 MB)
• Procedures for Appealing/Contesting MassDEP NPDES Permits (PDF) (1 pg, 13 K)
• Self-Implementing Alternate Dilution Water Guidance (PDF) (8 pp, 782 K)
• Sludge Compliance Guidance (PDF) (70 pp, 541 K)
• Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Test Methods; Final Rule (PDF) (82 pp, 280 K)
• NPDES Permit Requirement for Industrial Pretreatment Annual Report (PDF) (2 pp, 22 K)
• Reassessment of Technically Based Industrial Discharge Limits (PDF) (9 pp, 1.7 MB)
• Permitting Approach for POTWs that Include Co-Permittees (PDF) (29 pp, 200 K)

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