(a) A general permit may be issued for a term not to exceed five years. After notice and comment as provided by §205.3 of this title (relating to Public Notice, Public Meetings, and Public Comment), a general permit may be amended, revoked, or canceled by the commission or renewed by the commission for an additional term or terms not to exceed five years each.
(b) A general permit remains in effect until amended, revoked, or canceled by the commission or, unless renewed by the commission, until it expires. If before its expiration, the commission proposes to renew a general permit, the general permit shall remain in effect after the expiration date for those existing discharges covered by the general permit. The general permit shall remain in effect for these dischargers until the date on which the commission takes final action on the proposed permit renewal. No new notices of intent (NOIs) will be accepted or new authorizations honored for authorization under the general permit after the expiration date.
(c) Upon issuance of a renewed or amended general permit, all facilities, including those covered under the expired general permit, shall submit an NOI, if one is required by the general permit, in accordance with the requirements of the new permit.
(d) If the commission has not proposed to renew a general permit at least 90 days before its expiration date, dischargers authorized under the general permit shall submit an application for an individual permit before the general permit's expiration. If an application for an individual permit is submitted before the general permit's expiration, authorization under the expired general permit remains in effect until the issuance or denial of an individual permit.
(e) The commission may, through renewal or amendment of a general permit, add or delete requirements or limitations to the permit. The commission may provide in the general permit a reasonable time to allow existing dischargers covered by the general permit to make the changes necessary to comply with any additional requirements deemed substantive by the commission.
(f) Before issuing a general permit, the commission shall review the general permit for consistency with the Texas Coastal Management Plan (CMP). The commission must find that the general permit is consistent with the applicable CMP goals and policies and that it will not adversely affect any applicable coastal natural resource areas as identified in the CMP before the commission may issue the general permit.

Source Note: The provisions of this §205.5 adopted to be effective June 21, 1998, 23 TexReg 6227; amended to be effective September 13, 2000, 25 TexReg 8862