General Industrial Storm Water

Electronic Documents Submittal

Electronic document submittal is available for WQD permit applications, reports, and other communications.
Visit:  WDEQ Water Quality Division Downloads

You do NOT need to follow up the electronic submission with a hard copy submission unless you are specifically contacted by a WQD staff person with a request to do so.

Need to report a spill or complaint? Please visit https://deqspills.wyo.gov/home

Submitting a public comment? WQD is unable to accept public notice comments through this system. Refer to the public notice document for instructions on how to submit comments or visit https://wq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/comment/search.

NOTICE: All applications for water distribution systems and/or sewage collection systems that are within the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) district shall be submitted to the BOPU for approval. Contact Frank Strong or Bryce Dorr at (307) 637-6460, ENGreview@cheyennebopu.org, or http://cheyennebopu.org for additional information.

Updates
  1. WYPDES permit fees were raised on July 1, 2020.  Fees for storm water permits changed from $100 per each 12-months to $200 per each 12-months.  The maximum fee will be $1000 for a five year term.  All WYPDES permits are affected whether storm water or discharge permits. Permit fees cannot be pro-rated for partial years. Visit our fee calculator. (December 28, 2020)

  2. The Water Quality Division is requesting that the public submit documents (applications and other forms) via an upload link whenever possible.  Please see more information about what can be uploaded here:  https://deq.wyoming.gov/water-quality/  (April 2, 2020)
Fee Calculator

Beginning July 1, 2013 payment of permit fees for individual permits and general permit authorizations are required to be submitted with the permit application or NOI form.  Some types of permits have flat fees and others have variable fees that must be calculated. 

This "Fee Calculator" should be used to determine the proper amount to be submitted with each application or NOI.  Checks should be made out to the "Dept. of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division.

Storm Water Guidance Documents

This resource page contains guidance documents related to WYPDES Storm Water Permitting.

Storm Water Links

Best Management Practices

  • City of Casper Storm Water Web Page.  The City of Casper has put together a web page with many resources for homeowners to contractors.  (12/07)
  • A Guide to Temporary Erosion-Control Measures for Contractors, Designers and Inspectors (Available Below):  The state of North Dakota has produced this excellent and straightforward guidebook for temporary erosion controls on construction sites. (6/05)

Erosion and Sediment Control Best Management Practices for the City of Casper Wyoming.  Casper has published this manual for contractors working in Casper.  In addition to recommended BMPs the manual has information City ordinances addressing erosion control. (9/05)

  • Cover Page for Manual (Available Below for Download)
  • BMP Manual  (Available Below for Download)
  • Manual Appendices (Available Below for Download)

This EPA site has published a number of webcasts addressing many aspects of storm water. They may be appropriate for construction, industrial, or municipal applications.  Other EPA storm water related resources including a National Menu of BMPs and various fact sheets can be found on this page.

National Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Database - This database provides monitoring results measuring the effectiveness of structural and non-structural BMPs used around the country.  http://www.bmpdatabase.org/

Protecting Water Quality in Urban Areas - This document from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has a wealth of information on protecting surface waters in urban areas.

Rules and Regulations

All official Wyoming State Rules and Regulations are kept at the Wyoming Secretary of State's Office. Click here to view all current Rules and Regulations. 

 

Related Programs

This page contains documents related to the Industrial General Permit (IGP).

Certain industrial facilities are required to seek coverage under the general industrial storm water permit. Facilities most commonly covered in Wyoming are most mines (mineral mines are covered under the mineral mining permit, see above), facilities that produce cement products, many wood product facilities, airports, junk yards, and scrap recycling facilities. Coverage is based on the facility’s Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

Please note that the general industrial storm water permit is not available to facilities where storm water runoff has the potential to discharge to class 1 waters. Facilities may apply for coverage under an individual storm water permit. 

UPDATE 02/06/2023
***All existing authorizations for industrial storm water coverage have been administratively continued, and did NOT expire on 8/31/2022.  A new Wyoming Industrial General Permit (IGP) has been drafted and will appear in the WYPDES February 17th, 2023 Public Notice.  After the 30-day public comment phase, the permit will be revised if necessary to address comments, and then issued.  At this time, WDEQ is still accepting new applications for coverage under the Industrial General Permit.   Operators of facilities with existing IGP permit coverage do not need to apply for anything until further notice is given.  WDEQ will be emailing instructions to permittees when that time comes.

Additionally, a new permitting database that is under development at WDEQ may affect the renewal process, so permittees should wait for further email notification from WDEQ with instructions regarding renewal applications.  In the meantime, we will continue to process applications for NEW (not renewal) permit authorizations the usual way.  If you are aware of personnel changes at your organization that affect the contact information for your storm water permit authorization(s), please contact Anita Rehner (307-777-5622, anita.rehner@wyo.gov) or Katy Sprouse (307-777-7570, katy.sprouse@wyo.gov)  to determine whether the contact information in our database is current.  This will ensure that your organization receives email updates.  Permittees are welcome to contact us with questions as we proceed.
 

Beginning July 1, 2013 payment of permit fees for individual permits and general permit authorizations are required to be submitted with the permit application or NOI form.  All storm water authorizations have variable fees that must be calculated depending upon the NOI date.  The "Fee Calculator" should be used to determine the proper amount to be submitted with each NOI.  Checks should be made out to the "Dept. of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division.