What is a Notice of Termination (NOT)?
The Notice of Termination ends permit coverage, and it is normally filed only once the site meets the permit's final stabilization conditions — filing it early ends coverage while the site can still discharge.
The stabilization condition
Under the federal stabilization clause (Part 2.2.14, Table 2), stabilization must be initiated immediately in any area of exposed soil where construction has permanently ceased or will be temporarily inactive for 14 or more calendar days — "immediately" means no later than the end of the next business day after work stops.
Termination is about the finished state of that work, not about the last invoice. Grass seed on the ground is not the same thing as established cover.
What survives termination
Recordkeeping. Inspection reports are kept at least three years (Part 4.7.4) and the corrective action log at least three years (Part 5.4.4). Keep them with the plan.
Questions people ask
- Can I file the NOT when the building is finished?
- Not necessarily — the condition is about stabilized ground, not a finished building. Read the termination clause of your own permit; ours is not a substitute for it.
- Does SwpppDraft file it?
- No. It prints the facts the notice asks for; the submission is yours to make.
The states this question turns on
- Texas SWPPP requirements — Texas requires the SWP3 to be developed and implemented by the primary operator; the permit contains no PE, CPESC or licensing language for preparation.
- Virginia SWPPP requirements — Virginia requires only that SWPPPs be prepared in accordance with good engineering practices; its certification classes apply to agency reviewers and inspectors, not to preparers.
- Washington SWPPP requirements — Washington requires the permittee to prepare the SWPPP; the Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead requirement applies to site inspections.
The documents this affects
Other questions
- Who can prepare a SWPPP?
- Which states require a licensed professional to prepare a SWPPP?
- Which states make you take a course before writing a SWPPP?
- Does my site need a licensed professional even though my state allows self-preparation?
- What acreage thresholds change SWPPP requirements?
Check your state and build a draft
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Source: EPA 2022 Construction General Permit (as modified), Part 2.2.14, read 2026-08-04. County and city rules are not covered.
What we are, and what stays your responsibility
- SwpppDraft is a document generation tool. It does not provide engineering services, legal services, or compliance consulting, and no engineer or attorney reviews what it produces.
- Everything in the document is built from the site facts you enter. Checking that those facts are right, and that the resulting plan fits your project, is yours to do.
- We do not file anything on your behalf, we do not certify or endorse your compliance, and we accept no liability for what happens when you use the document.
- State-level requirements carry the date we verified them. County and city rules are not covered — some local jurisdictions require a licensed preparer even where the state does not, and you have to check that yourself.
- When the product opens, our total liability will be capped at the amount you paid us. Today that amount is zero, because nothing is for sale.