As we foreshadowed, on August 1, 2008, Judge Colaw modified his order to allow the processing of Notices of Intent (NOIs) and Notices of Termination (NOTs) under the Construction General Permit. Entities that had been rejected for coverage under the Construction General Permit due to Judge Colaw's July 2, 2008 order should now re-file their NOI per standard procedure. The revised order allows the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to resume processing NOTs and enforcing both the Construction General and Industrial General Permits in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.

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