NPDES General Permit for Oil and Gas Exploration Facilities in Federal Waters of Cook Inlet

Permittees: Because of COVID-19 response, access to the Region 10 EPA building is limited. Until further notice, please send Notices of Intent (NOIs), updated NOIs, and any other permit-related notices (e.g., notice to transfer or terminate coverage) to Cindi Godsey (godsey.cindi@epa.gov). Please attach compliance-related and enforcement-related notices or reports to Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) submittals in NetDMR if this option is available, or otherwise submit to Jason Rodriguez (rodriguez.jason@epa.gov).

Below is EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit and supporting documents for oil and gas exploration facilities in federal waters of Cook Inlet off Alaska.

Permit number: AKG285100

Effective date: September 1, 2016

Permit expires: August 31, 2021

NPDES General Permit, Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Exploration, #AKG285100 (pdf) (July 29, 2015)
Final permit.
NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Exploration, #AKG285100 (pdf) (March 2013)
Provides technical basis for NPDES permit.
Ocean Discharge Criteria Evaluation (ODCE), Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Exploration, #AKG285100 (pdf) (2013)
Criteria that EPA must evaluate to ensure that point source discharges do not cause unreasonable degradation to the marine environment.
Response to Comments, Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Exploration, #AKG285100 (pdf) (July 2015)
EPA's responses to comments on the March 2013 draft permit.