ADVOCATING FOR THE INDUSTRY - REGULATORY
AGC Advocates on Behalf of Industry for Critical Changes to State Water Board’s Proposed Construction General Permit
By Carol Eaton
vital to the success of California, AGC of California has taken a leading role working alongside a broad coalition of industry partners to advance concerns about major changes proposed in California’s Draft Construction General Permit (CGP). Te Draft CGP, which is currently
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under review by the State Water Resource Control Board (Water Board), includes signif- icant changes that would vastly increase compliance costs for contractors and owners, add onerous new regulatory hurdles on projects, and potentially negatively impact thousands of
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elivering on its mission to advocate for the interests of the construction industry, which is
good-paying construction jobs. Like the existing CGP that has
been in place for a decade—and which AGC had a role in shaping via litigation following its passage by the Water Board in 2010—the proposed new CGP regulates the discharge of pollutants from California construction sites that are one acre or larger. Tis effectively covers the vast majority of public and private commercial and housing development in the state.
In May of 2021, the Water Board
released its new draft CGP for public comment. As written, it includes major changes that would bring negative financial impact to projects. Several new provisions in it are strongly opposed by a large coalition of construction industry groups that share the goal of protecting Califor- nia’s water quality but favor more commonsense and proven approaches to achieving it.
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