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NPDES General Permit for Oil and Gas Geotechnical Surveys and Related Activities in Federal Waters of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas

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  • Federal Register Notice: Issuance of an NPDES General Permit for Oil and Gas Geotechnical Surveys and Related Activities in Federal Waters of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas (2015)
  • NPDES permits in Alaska

Below is EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit and supporting documents for  discharges from oil and gas geotechnical surveys and related activities in federal waters of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off Alaska.

Permit number: AKG284300
Effective date: March 2, 2015

Permit expires: March 1, 2020


  • NPDES General Permit, Oil & Gas Geotechnical Surveys in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, #AKG284300 (pdf) (January 21, 2015)
    Final permit.
  • Notice of Intent (NOI) Form, Oil & Gas Geotechnical Surveys in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, #AKG284300 (pdf)
    Blank form for requesting coverage under the general permit.
  • NPDES Permit Fact Sheet (2014), Oil & Gas Geotechnical Surveys in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, #AKG284300 (pdf) (August 2014)
    Provides technical basis for NPDES permit (revised from 2013 version).
  • NPDES Permit Fact Sheet (2013), Oil & Gas Geotechnical Surveys in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, #AKG284300 (pdf) (November 2013)
    Provides technical basis for NPDES permit (revised in 2014 version).
  • Ocean Discharge Criteria Evaluation (ODCE), Oil & Gas Geotechnical Surveys in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, #AKG284300 (pdf) (January 2015)
    Criteria that EPA must evaluate to ensure that point source discharges do not cause unreasonable degradation to the marine environment.
  • Response to Comments, Oil & Gas Geotechnical Surveys in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, #AKG284300 (pdf) (2015)
    EPA's responses to comments on the 2013 and 2014 draft permits.
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Last updated on November 20, 2020