Pesticide NPDES Permit Steps to Compliance
Step 7: Termination of Permit

If your pesticide discharges were small enough that you remained under the thresholds and you were not required to submit a Notice of Intent: You are automatically terminated from permit coverage and requirements when you no longer have a discharge from the application of pesticides, and activities associated with the discharge — including monitoring, Adverse Incident reporting, and recordkeeping — have been completed.

If you were required to submit a Notice of Intent for your pesticide discharges and would like to end permit coverage, you must:

• Submit the Permit Change Request Form (wq-wwprm7-01) requesting termination of the permit. Submit your request within 30 days after one of the following conditions has been met:
  • You no longer have a discharge from the application of pesticides, you do not expect to discharge during the remainder of the permit term, and activities associated with the discharge – including monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping – have been completed, or
  • You have obtained coverage under an individual permit or an alternative general permit.
• Describe which condition listed above applies to you in your request for termination. If you submit a request for termination without meeting one of the conditions, your request for permit termination will not be granted.
• Follow the requirements of the permit until you receive notice that your permit has been terminated. You will receive written or e-mail notification from the MPCA that permit coverage has been terminated.
• Submit an Annual Report no later than 45 days after your termination date for the portion of the year before your termination.

Send your request to:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Attn: Water Quality Submittals
520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4194