NPDES Permit for Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Alaska

Below is EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the City of Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Alaska. The facility discharges primary treated effluent to Tongass Narrows under a Clean Water Act section 301(h)-modified NPDES permit.

Permit number: AK0021440
Effective date: November 1, 2025
Permit expired: October 31, 2030

• NPDES Permit, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf) (810.87 KB, Signed September 30, 2025)
  Final 301(h)-modified wastewater permit.
• Final 301(h) Decision Document, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf) (3.19 MB, Signed September 30, 2025)
  EPA's final decision on whether the facility continues to qualify for a Clean Water Act Section 301(h)-modified permit to discharge primary treated effluent.
• Section 401 Water Quality Certification, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf) (275.99 KB, Signed September 30, 2025)
  State of Alaska's final Clean Water Act section 401 water quality certification for the marine water discharge of primary treated domestic wastewater.
• Response to Comments on Draft NPDES Permit for Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf) (423.6 KB, September 2025)
  EPA's responses to comments received during the public comment period for the draft permit and tentative 301(h) decision from April 15 through May 30, 2025.
• NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf) (2.01 MB, April 2025)
  Technical basis for April 2025 draft permit.