General Permits
Under the Uniform Procedures Act, the Department may issue General Permits for activities that have been determined to have limited impact on the environment. They allow similar types of work not unique to a particular location. In addition, some general permits address work necessary after natural disasters or extraordinary weather. If your activity qualifies for a General Permit, the process is streamlined.
Storm Recovery
General Permits for Storm Recovery may be issued for non-emergency cleanup and repair work, necessitated by severe storms.
More about General Permits:
- General Permit for Utility Rights of Way Vegetation Management, GP-0-21-002 - for use by electric and gas utility companies to manage vegetation by selective pruning, mowing and cutting of vegetation and the application of registered pesticides.
- General Permit for Stream Activities, GP-0-20-002 - allows for affected property owners to stabilize stream banks, repair culverts and bridges, repair utility lines, and undertake other routine projects within regulated NYS waters.
- General Permit for Great Lakes Erosion Control, GP-0-20-004 - a general permit for various shoreline stabilization and structural repair activities in state-regulated waters, wetlands, and coastal erosion hazard areas along Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Niagara River, and St. Lawrence River.
- General Permit for Management of Invasive Species, GP-0-15-005 and GP-0-21-004 - re-issued in 2021under GP-0-21-004,this General Permit allows the removal of invasive species using hand harvesting techniques, suction harvesting techniques, and/or benthic barriers.
- General Permit for Breaching/Removal of Beaver Dams No More Than 2 Years Old, GP-0-16-004 - General Permit for Management of Invasive Species, GP-0-15-005
- SPDES Private / Commercial / Institutional (PCI) General Permit - SPDES General Permit for groundwater discharge of treated sanitary waste of 1,000 to 10,000 gallons per day (gpd) per outfall, and less than 30,000 gpd per facility
- General Permit for Bulkhead Removal and Replacement - This general permit is for removal and replacement of functional and lawfully existing bulkheads in the same location. It is available for use on the south shore of Nassau County and Suffolk County west of the Robert Moses Causeway, excluding areas of vegetated tidal wetlands, any ocean shore, the ocean front of Long Beach Island, and all of the Jones Beach State Park and Robert Moses State Park barrier islands.
- General Permits for Stream Crossings for Timber Harvesting - This page contains two general permits for the placement, construction, maintenance and removal of temporary stream crossings for the purposes of timber harvesting only.
