NPDES General Permit for Federal Aquaculture Facilities and Aquaculture Facilities Located in Indian Country in Washington

Below is EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit and supporting documents for federal aquaculture facilities and aquaculture facilities located in Indian Country within the boundaries of Washington.

Permit Documents

• NPDES General Permit, Federal Aquaculture Facilities and Aquaculture Facilities Located in Indian Country Within the Boundaries of the State of Washington, #WAG130000 (pdf) (2.29 MB, January 8, 2024)
  Final permit.
• Appendix D.2: Quality Assurance Plan Template (docx) (98.92 KB)
  Optional Microsoft Word template for permittees.
• Appendix E.2: Best Management Practices Plan Template (docx) (67.32 KB)
  Optional Microsoft Word template for permittees.

Related Documents

• Federal Register: Notice of Reissuance of General Permit #WAG130000 (Jan. 8, 2024)
• 2023 NPDES Permit Fact Sheet Addendum, #WAG130000 (pdf) (pdf) (394.72 KB, July 2023)
  Technical basis for revisions to 2022 draft general permit.
• 2022 NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, #WAG130000 (pdf) (3.81 MB, September 2022)
  Technical basis for 2022 draft permit.
• Response to Comments on Draft NPDES Permit #WAG130000 (pdf) (352.71 KB, November 9, 2023)
  EPA's responses to comments received during the September 2022 and July 2023 public comment periods.
• Biological Evaluation, NPDES General Permit #WAG130000 (pdf) (2.31 MB, December 2015)
• Water Sampling and Testing for Formaldehyde at Northwest Fish Hatcheries (pdf) (15.32 MB, August 2017, EPA-910-R-17-005)
• Finding of No Significant Impact for Cassimer Bar Aquaculture Facility Proposal (pdf) (199.45 KB, August 2022)
  EPA's environmental review of the Colville Tribal Federal Corporation’s Recirculating Aquaculture System Demonstration Project at Cassimer Bar under NPDES General Permit WAG130000.
• NEPA Environmental Assessment for Colville Tribal Federal Corporation Recirculating Aquaculture System Demonstration Project (pdf) (2.85 MB, August 2022)
  Evaluation of potential environmental impacts associated with authorization of the wastewater discharge from a proposed land-based recirculating aquaculture system to the Okanogan River or Columbia River in northeastern Washington.