From Steven Russo of GT New York City and Robert Rosenthal of GT Albany.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) has issued public notice of a draft State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“SPDES”) permit for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (“MS4s”) owned or operated by the City of New York (the “draft MS4 permit”).  Under existing law, DEC regulates discharges from MS4s that are located within the boundaries of a Census Bureau defined “urbanized area” or “additionally designated areas.”  DEC authorizes most MS4s to be covered under a SPDES General Permit; however, New York City MS4s are regulated through a separate general permit.  The draft MS4 permit would consolidate the MS4 sections from 10 of the 14 existing SPDES Permits that govern each of the Waste Water Treatment Plants operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
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