No stormwater plan, no permit coverage.
If stormwater runs off an industrial site, the Clean Water Act stormwater permit makes you write a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and have it in hand before you file your Notice of Intent. RuleRobin builds the plan and the schedule that keeps it current.
EPA Multi-Sector General Permit and Texas TXR050000 first. Enter your sector and site to get in line.
Both the EPA permit and the Texas permit say the plan has to be developed before you submit your Notice of Intent for coverage. It is a living document you keep current, not a one-time form. When EPA or the state reissues the permit on its five-year cycle, every covered facility has to review, update, and recertify.
The written plan for keeping pollutants out of your runoff.
A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (Texas calls it an SWP3) describes your site, the pollutant sources on it, and the control measures that keep those pollutants out of the water that leaves your property. It lives under the EPA Multi-Sector General Permit where EPA runs the program, and under a state permit like Texas TXR050000 in delegated states. This is the industrial permit for operating facilities, a different animal from the construction stormwater plan.
Who needs one
Operating industrial sites with stormwater exposure.
The permit sorts industry into sectors, and each sector carries its own control measures and its own monitored pollutants and benchmark numbers. If your activity is exposed to rain and runoff, you are likely in one of them.
- Manufacturers (metal, machinery, food, chemicals, plastics)
- Warehousing and distribution / land transportation
- Scrap, metal recycling, and auto salvage
- Landfills and waste operators
- Rail, trucking, and port terminals
- Treatment works
The plan, the filing package, and the calendar.
The written plan
A facility-specific SWPPP: site description, pollutant source inventory, control measures, and your team roster, plus the sector-specific sections your industry adds.
The permit package
The Notice of Intent package and the exact certification language, routed to the person authorized to sign it under the permit.
The ongoing schedule
Quarterly routine inspections, quarterly visual assessments, sector benchmark monitoring, and the annual comprehensive evaluation and report, on a calendar with reminders.
The sector benchmarks and monitored parameters have to match your exact permit edition. A 2026 EPA permit is already in the works and will change some of those numbers. We track the permit version and pin your plan to it, so an out-of-date benchmark does not drive a wrong monitoring decision.
Straight about it
A signature, not a stamp.
- Neither the EPA permit nor the Texas permit requires a licensed engineer to write the plan. It must be developed by a qualified person, which can be trained facility staff.
- A responsible officer or authorized representative signs the plan and the Notice of Intent under penalty of law. You are the certifying party.
- California is the narrow exception: an industrial site there needs a certified practitioner only after it is escalated for exceeding action levels. We will flag that if it applies to you.
- RuleRobin prepares the plan; it does not certify your compliance and is not affiliated with the EPA or any state agency.
Between the consultant and the enterprise suite.
A consultant-written industrial SWPPP commonly runs $800 to $2,500 for a small site, and more for multi-sector ones, usually with an ongoing annual fee on top. The enterprise environmental software is custom-quoted for multi-site operators.
RuleRobin is being built for the single-site and few-site operator in between: a one-time plan build plus an annual subscription for the inspection, monitoring, and reporting engine. Request a quote for current pricing in your state.
What operators get wrong about the industrial permit.
- That it is the same as a construction SWPPP.
- It is not. This is the industrial permit for operating facilities, the EPA Multi-Sector General Permit, or a state permit like Texas TXR050000. Construction stormwater is a separate permit with different obligations.
- That you need a professional engineer to write it.
- Not by default. The permit requires a qualified person, which can be trained facility staff, and a signature from an authorized representative. A PE or geologist is only required as a remedy if the plan is later found non-compliant, or in the narrow California escalation case.
- That coverage is available in every state today.
- We are building the EPA MSGP and Texas TXR050000 first, which covers the EPA-run jurisdictions and the largest state market, then expanding state by state. Request a quote and we will tell you where your state stands.
- That it is priced like a one-time form.
- It is planned as a one-time plan build plus an annual compliance subscription, priced under a consultant and below the enterprise suites. Request a quote for the current figure in your state.
Request a quote
Tell us your sector and state.
We will confirm which permit covers you, what your plan needs, and what it will cost, and put you in line for your state.
Same site, other rules.
- 40 CFR 112
SPCC Plan
The written spill-prevention plan the EPA rule requires when your site keeps oil or fuel in aboveground tanks. Qualifying smaller sites sign it themselves.
- 40 CFR 370
EPCRA Tier II
The annual hazardous-chemical inventory that any site storing chemicals above the reporting thresholds owes the state, the local planning committee, and the fire department by March 1.