Overview

A master general permit (MGP) is a special category of permit that is not issued to a specific facility but rather acts as a "template" permit that defines conditions applicable to a group of similar facility types or activities. Facilities that are covered under the terms of a master general permit are issued “coverages” or “authorizations.”

When a workflow is added to a submission that yields a coverage under an MGP, the MGP under which the coverage will be issued is specified in one of two ways: either manually by the user adding the workflow, or automatically by the workflow itself. For the latter option to work, the workflow template must be configured in advance to automatically add a specific type of master general permit. (This option is configured by an administrator via Admin > Workflow Templates.)

Auto-Issuing of Authorizations When a Master General Permit Goes

into Effect

When a new master general permit (MGP) is in the status of In Process, a processor can link new coverages to the MGP. When a coverage has been linked and the processing is finishedis ready to be issued, the status of the coverage can be set to Ready to Be Issued.

When the MGP is set to In Effect, the system will automatically:

• update the linked coverages

• update the effective dates of the coverages to match the MGP

• set the linked coverages to In Effect

• set the coverages' associated submissions

• to Completed

The setting of the expiration date will be determined in of the coverages is configured via the permit category lookup settings“Expire Date Options” (Admin > Lookups > Permit Categories > Edit Permit Category).

Authorization Renewal while Master General Permit is In Effect

If a renewal submission is received for an authorization is renewed within the MGP effective datethat is linked to an effective MGP, then the previous permit number existing authorization can be configured to automatically be assigned the status of Extended when the MGP expires.

For more information on this, please visit the Lookup Maintenance wiki page Permit Categories article and the ‘Automatically “Automatically Extend Permit upon Expiration’ Expiration” setting. It This ensures that while the new permit authorization version is In Process, the old permit version is still coveredactive. This allows coverage not to lapse after the MGP expires but while the new permit version is In Process.

View Authorizations Under a Master General Permit

To view all authorizations under a MGP, navigate to the Home tab. Under the Permits menu, search for an MGP:

• Perform a search to navigate Permits search page.

• Using the dropdown search panel, specify a master general permit number

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• in the Permit Number field,or select a master general permit in the Permit Category field.

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• Once the desired MGP is located, click the Open button

to the right of the MGP

• . The

permit details page will appear with

• Permit Details page is displayed, showing information about the

master general permit

• MGP.

To view the authorizations/coverages under the MGP, click :

• Click the Coverages tab.

This will list all of the

• All authorizations under the MGP

and provide quick

• are displayed, along with reference information

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• such as the permit effective/issue/expire dates, the permittee, site, and permit status.

From this page, click

• Click the Open button to navigate to

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• the Permit Details page of any of the coverages.

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