A manager in charge of the stormwater program at the MPCA said he expects the online stormwater construction permit to be ready for the public by April 1. The new system should allow regulated parties to exit the application process then start again where they left off. It should also allow them to pay the permit fee online. The hope is to get everyone online--eventually. Online permit applications will allow construction site operators / owners a shorter wait-time. They'll be allowed to break soil after 48 hours and not wait seven days under the paper application process.
Without an online process in place, the agency will be flooded (like this 100-year storm event) with more and more paper applications. Picture © 2006 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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