Pesticide General Permit
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) General Permit for Point Source Discharges to Surface Waters of New York State from Pesticide Applications Permit No. GP-0-16-005
GP-0-16-005 is currently the effective SPDES Pesticide General Permit. This permit expires on October 31, 2021.
GP-0-21-003 has been publicly noticed and is schedualed to become effective November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2026. This General Permit is required and authorizes coverage for point source discharges resulting from any application of a pesticide labeled for aquatic uses directly to, in, or over a surface water of New York. Eligibility criteria are contained within Part I of the General Permit.
A notice of draft permit was published in the Environmental Notice Bulletin on April 28, 2021. This project is a Type II Action pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act.
Please note that under the publicly noticed Pesticide General Permit (GP-0-21-003) that is schedualed to becomes effective November 1, 2021, in accordance with Part II (A) - Operators that have authorization under PGP GP-0-16-005 shall continue to be authorized to discharge under the renewed SPDES general permit (GP-0-21-003). An operator not currently authorized to discharge under GP-0-16-005, and seeking coverage under the renewed permit GP-0-21-003, meeting the eligibility requirements in Part I.A of this SPDES general permit, must submit the NOI electronically (eNOI), unless the Operator has obtained a waiver from the electronic submittal requirement, in order to be authorized to discharge under this SPDES general permit.
Gaining Permit Authorization
In order to gain authorization under the SPDES General Permit for Point Source Discharges to Surface Waters of New York State for Pesticide Applications, an operator must:
- Obtain any other relevant permits, which may include:
- Bureau of Pest Management Article 15 Permit
- Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands Permit
- Develop the Pesticide Discharge Management Plan (PDMP)
- Submit a completed Notice of Intent for the SPDES Pesticide General Permit (GP-0-16-005) to the Department. Please note that submittal of the electronic NOI (eNOI) will result in quicker authorization (5 days) than the submittal of a paper NOI (20 days), due to additional processing required for paper documents.
GP-0-16-005 Documents (Effective until October 31, 2021)
2016 Pesticide General Permit (GP-0-16-005) (PDF)
2016 Modified Pesticide General Permit (GP-0-16-005) Fact Sheet (PDF)
2016 Responsiveness Summary for GP-0-16-005 (PDF)
The electronic Notice of Intent is completed through the DEC's eBusiness Forms Portal. Users must be registered with NY.gov in order to use this system. User guides and help on registration are available on the portal information webpage
Paper Notice Of Intent - NOI for SPDES Pesticide General Permit GP-0-16-005 (PDF)
NOI Supplement - Waterbody Information Table (MS Excel) *
Paper Notice of Termination - NOT for SPDES Pesticide General Permit GP-0-16-005 (PDF)
Pesticide Discharge Management Plan (PDMP) (MS Word)*
* Documents on the FTP server are best accessed using Internet Explorer 11 or a file transfer software like Filezilla.
GP-0-21-003 Documents (schedualed to be effective November 1, 2021)
2021 GP-0-21-003 Publicly Noticed Draft Permit (PDF)
2021 GP-0-21-003 Publicly Noticed Draft Factsheet (PDF)
Additional Information
The first document below provides general information on the permit and the second provides specific information on completing the Notice of Intent (NOI) to obtain coverage under the permit. Both documents may be of interest to all operators and aquatic pesticide applicators.
NOI Completion for the Pesticide General Permit (PDF)
NYS SPDES Pesticide General Permit (PDF)
For any further information please send a request to the address below:
NYS DEC - Division of Water
625 Broadway - 4th Floor
Albany, NY 12233-3505
Pesticide General Permit email
Phone: (518) 402 -8111
DEC continues to reserve the right to require any applicant seeking or maintaining coverage under this General Permit, GP-0-21-003 to apply for an individual SPDES permit.
