General permit must be consistent with this chapter

Sec. 19. The general permit, to the extent allowed under federal law, must recognize and be consistent with the provisions of this chapter, including: (1) the prohibition in section 15 of this chapter against an MS4 community imposing erosion and sediment control measures on a construction project within the boundaries of the MS4 community that are more stringent than the erosion and sediment control measures established by the general permit; (2) the provisions of section 16 of this chapter under which a project site owner may begin a construction project: (A) if the review authority, under section 16(b) of this chapter, makes and notifies the project site owner of its preliminary determination that the construction plan is substantially complete; or (B) if the review authority does not make a preliminary determination whether the construction plan is substantially complete within the period allowed by section 16(c) of this chapter; (3) the qualifications established by section 17 of this chapter for an individual who reviews and makes a conclusive determination concerning a construction plan submitted to an MS4 community; and (4) the limitation in section 18 of this chapter on the authority of an MS4 community to order the stoppage of work on a construction project after the MS4 community has made a conclusive favorable determination concerning the construction plan for the construction project. As added by P.L.248-2019, SEC.14.