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Industrial and Commercial Facilities
Publications
- Additional Guidance for Petroleum Marketing Terminals and Oil Production Facilities
Information and guidance for establishing monitoring for petroleum marketing terminals. Explains that oil and grease monitoring for petroleum marketing terminals and oil production facilities cannot use instantaneous maximum limits but must rather use daily maximum limits.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/18/1974
- Additional Questions on Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letters
Response to transmitting "Additional Suggested Questions on Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letters." Further clarification on the use of enforcement compliance schedule letters.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/01/1977
- Alternative in Permit Language
Provides permit language for the definitions of the daily maximum and daily average permit limits.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/27/1973
- American Petroleum Institute vs. EPA - Effluent Guidelines for Petroleum Refining: Information Management
Information on the refining and the petroleum industry and limitations. Memorandum summarizing a court decision upholding EPA's statistical methodology for effluent guidelines and method of assessing cost of regulations. There is a reference to storm water which has become moot with the 1987 Water Quality Act.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/24/1976
- Applicability of Effluent Guidelines and Categorical Pretreatment Standards to Biodiesel Manufacturing
Memorandum to Water Division Directors summarizing the current Clean Water Act regulatory requirements, with regard to effluent limitations guidelines, new source performance standards, pretreatment standards, and/or NPDES stormwater permitting, for the manufacturing process wastewater discharge from biodiesel industry.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/11/2008
- Applicability of General Permits to New Sources
Procedures to be followed if a general permit is to cover new sources. General permits can include new sources, but only after NEPA requirements are fulfilled.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/21/1982
- Application of Electroplating Guidelines to NPDES Permits
Guidance on the application of effluent guidelines for electroplating. [Note: Guidance made obsolete by revision of effluent guidelines on January 28, 1981.]
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/28/1974
- Application of RCRA Corrective Action Requirements to POTWs
This memorandum outlines the applicability of RCRA to POTWs and contains a model letter, to be sent to POTWs, requiring them to notify EPA whether RCRA "hazardous waste" is received by the POTW.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/11/1986
- Application of the NPDES General Permit Program to Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities
Publication is not available electronically. For more information on ordering publications, go to http://www.epa.gov/owm/inpub.htm.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/30/1981
(This file is not currently available for download)
- Asbestos Limits in NPDES Permits
Suggested approach for including permit limits for asbestos.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/15/1976
- BCT Cost Test Guidance
The Clean Water Act requires a candidate BCT treatment to be compared to treatment by publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) on the basis of coast of effluent reductions for conventional pollutants. This guide includes the EPA's methodology for making the comparison between these POTWs removal costs for conventional pollutants and industrial removal costs.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/30/1980
- Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (BCT) Effluent Guidelines Final Rule and Cost-Reasonableness Methodology
Regulation establishing effluent guidelines based on application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT) for the discharge of conventional pollutants into waters of the United States by certain industrial dischargers. The preamble describes EPA’s general methodology for determining the reasonableness of costs for these BCT effluent guidelines and for case-by-case determinations of BCT effluent limitations.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/09/1986
- Biosolids Technology Fact Sheet: In-Vessel Composting of Biosolids
Fact sheet that discusses the use of in-vessel composting of biosolids to stabilize wastewater solids prior to their use as soil amendments for horticultural or agricultural purposes. The document addresses performance standards to be met in terms of pathogen reduction, types of composting reactors, and environmental impacts of in-vessel composting, as well as advantages and disadvantages, applicability, performance, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs of this type of system (EPA 832-F-00-061).
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Date Published:
09/01/2000
- Calculation of Production-Based Effluent Limits
Clarification on the procedure for calculating production-based effluent limitations and to provide guidance on the use of alternate limitations.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/18/1984
- Case Study Short Questionnaire
In support of the Section 316(b) regulations, EPA will conduct a series of case studies. This questionnaire targets facilities located in particular areas that have been chosen as case study sites. The questionnaire is intended to capture facility-specific information needed to conduct the case studies.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/01/2000
- CDX Registration Overview for Vessel eNOIs
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Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
06/12/2009
- CERCLA Reporting Requirements for Releases of Ethylene Glycol from Airplane De-icing Operations
Expresses EPA's position on the applicability of the federally permitted release exemption and the continuous release reporting regulation to releases of ethylene glycol from airplane de-icing operations.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/04/1992
- Clarification of "Instantaneous Maximum" as Applied to Steam Electric Facilities Effluent Limitations
Memorandum providing interpretation that the steam electric effluent guideline for chlorine is intended to be an instantaneous maximum limit and not a daily maximum limit.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/27/1992
- Clarification of Sampling Procedures for the VOA Fraction
The Permits Division has received several inquiries about sampling procedures when data on volatile organic (VOA) toxic pollutants are required.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/31/1985
- Clarification of Technology-based Sediment Toxicity and Biodegradation Limitations and Standards for Controlling Synthetic-based Drilling Fluid Discharges
Guidance to assist NPDES permit writing for offshore oil and gas extraction activities, reviewing requests for variances of effluent limitations guidelines promulgated in 40 CFR 435, and in determining significant digits in the permits.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/10/2003
- Clarifications Regarding Toxicity Reduction and Identification Evaluations in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program
EPA document developed by the Office of Wastewater Management/Water Permits Division to provide additional clarification on conducting toxicity reduction evaluations and toxicity identification evaluations with respect to whole effluent toxicity (WET) testing. The document clarifies for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit writers and permittees a number of common issues such as: when and under what circumstances a permittee should conduct a TRE and/or a TIE; technical limitations on the TIE process; consideration of persistence and magnitude of toxicity events; ionic imbalances of effluents; the applicability of compliance schedules; and inconclusive TREs/TIEs. The document supplements existing EPA guidance and policies on WET and TREs/TIEs but does not change current policy or legal authority.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
03/27/2001
- Coal Mining Under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and its Relationship to EPA's Current Responsibilities for Coal Mining Operations
Highlights of the SMCRA, intended for the states and EPA Regions.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/25/1978
- Combined Sewer Overflow Technology Fact Sheet: Chlorine Disinfection
Fact sheet that discusses the use of chlorine to disinfect discharged waters from combined sewer overflows. Includes information on advantages and disadvantages of this process, as well as applicability, performance, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs (EPA 832-F-99-034).
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Date Published:
09/01/1999
- Confidentiality of NPDES Permit Application
Legal decision that NPDES permits and permit applications are public documents and not subject to confidential business information requirements.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/06/1978
- Consent Decree in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Browner, Civ. No. 95-634 PLF (Stormwater Phase II litigation)
Consent Decree settling litigation over EPA implementation of Section 402(p)(6) of the Clean Water Act.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/24/1995
- Criteria for Reviewing Leather Tanning Sulfide Waiver Applications
Memorandum transmitting criteria for reviewing sulfide waiver applicants from leather tanners, consistent with the national pretreatment categorical standards.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/13/1983
- Delegation (to the regions) of Updates to Major/Minor Lists
Memorandum which establishes the delegation of determinations of major/minor status for both municipal and non-municipal NPDES dischargers to the Regions
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/06/1995
- Denied Petition Related to Ballast Water
EPA has denied a petition submitted by a number of environmental groups and other interested parties that sought to repeal provisions of EPA's regulations that cover certain discharges from vessels, including the discharge of ballast water. EPA has denied the petition for a variety of reasons, particularly because of the wide variety of regulatory and non-regulatory actions currently being taken by other federal agencies to address the potential introduction of invasive species from discharges of ballast water. For more information, please see EPA's decision and supporting documents.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/03/2003
- Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures, Manufacturers
The enclosed technical questionnaire will help EPA better understand the design and operation of cooling water intake structures at industrial facilities that are subject to Section 316(b).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/01/2000
- Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures, Steam Electric Nonutility Power Producers
The enclosed technical questionnaire will help EPA better understand the design and operation of cooling water intake structures at industrial facilities that are subject to Section 316(b).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/01/2000
- Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures, Traditional Steam Electric Utilities
The enclosed technical questionnaire will help EPA better understand the design and operation of cooling water intake structures at industrial facilities that are subject to Section 316(b).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/01/2000
- Disposal of Supply Water Treatment Sludges
Information on the NPDES standards permit language containing a prohibition on the return of supply water treatment sludges to the receiving water.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/13/1974
- Draft Ballast Water Report Factsheet: Aquatic Nuisance Species in Ballast Water Discharges
On January 13, 1999, EPA received a petition which requested that ships' ballast water be regulated under the NPDES program. This fact sheet describes the draft Ballast Water Report, how to comment on the draft report, and EPA's response to the petition.
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Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
09/10/2001
- Draft Guidance for Application and Review of Section 301(c) Variance Requests
Guidance document to assist applicants in completing requests for 301(c) variances and assists EPA Regions and states in reviewing the requests.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/21/1984
- Draft Interim Guidance on Implementation of Section 402(o) Antibacksliding Rules for Water Quality-Based Permits
Interim guidance on interpreting Clean Water Act section 402(o) for water quality based effluent limits, and clarifying that the January 4, 1989, regulation interprets the Act for technology based effluent limits.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/29/1989
- Draft Notification Letter to Petroleum Refineries
Draft letter that EPA may notify selected refineries and request that the refineries provide certain existing and new information on their facilities and the occurrence of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and chlorinated dibenzofurans (CDDs and CDFs).
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
Unknown
- Economic and Engineering Analyses of the Proposed 316(b) New Facility Rule
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/01/2000
- Effluent Guidelines For the OCPSF Industrial Category
Interim guidance to permit authorities on the application of the new effluent guidelines for organic chemical and plastics and synthetics fibers (OCPSF) to NPDES permits.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/08/1988
- Effluent Trading in Watersheds
Policy statement communicating EPA policy on effluent trading.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/01/1996
- Enforcement Actions Where an Industrial Discharger fails to meet the July 1, 1977, Statutory Deadline for Achieving Best Practicable Control Technology or Other Applicable Effluent Limitations
Describes how EPA will enforce the July 1, 1977 deadline for compliance with best practicable control technology and other statutory requirements.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/03/1976
- Environmental Management Systems
This Guide is intended to support and facilitate the development of environmental management systems (EMS) among small and medium-sized organizations. The Guide explains how you can develop and implement an effective EMS and how it can support your organization's mission and goals. Development of an EMS is a voluntary approach to improving your organization's environmental performance.
The final report on NSF International's EMS Demonstration Project summarizes the EMS implementation experiences of 18 organizations of a variety of types and sizes. The project, which used the ISO 14001 Standard as the model for an EMS, was funded through a two-year grant from EPA's Office of Wastewater Management (October 1994 - September 1996).
Document Type:
Case Studies
Date Published:
11/01/1996
- EPA Proposed Vessel Discharge Permits Public Meeting Agenda
Public Meeting Schedule on Vessel Discharges
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Date Published:
01/06/2009
- EPA's Draft Ballast Water Report: Aquatic Nuisance Species in Ballast Water Discharges
On January 13, 1999, EPA received a petition which requested that ships' ballast water be regulated under the NPDES program--which requires permits for the discharge of pollutants into the Nation's waters. Environmental degradation from the introduction of invasive species through ballast water is well documented. In response to the petition, EPA's Office of Water investigated what mechanisms are available under the Clean Water Act and other relevant statutes and programs to control aquatic nuisance species (ANS) in ballast water discharges.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/10/2001
- EPA's National Pretreatment Program, 1973-2003: Thirty Years of Protecting the Environment
Four-page brochure highlighting 30 years of progress to reduce or eliminate discharges of pollutants to US waters and to POTWs, via the Pretreatment Program (833-F-03-001).
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Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
09/01/2003
- Fact Sheet on the Ninth Circuit Opinion on the Stormwater Regulations
Affirmation of the EPA's Nov. 16, 1990 storm water application regulations.
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Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
09/03/1992
- February 4, 1990 Deadline for Stormwater Permit Applications
Application requirements for storm water permits.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/31/1990
- Fecal Coliform Bacteria Limits
This guidance is intended to simplify the procedure for assigning effluent limitations for indicator organisms so that a transition from effluent based to water quality based requirements will be both efficient and effective.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/14/1977
- Final Guidance on Section 304(l) Listing and Permitting of Pulp and Paper Mills
Policy on section 304(l) listing of chlorine bleaching pulp and paper mills.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
03/15/1989
- Final Watershed Protection Framework Document
Memorandum explaining the Office of Water approach for implementing a watershed approach.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/28/1991
- Fundamentally Different Factors Variances for Iron and Steel Facilities
Procedures for wholly disproportionate costs for fundamentally different factors variance requests by iron and steel facilities.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/07/1983
- Guidance Document for the Control of Water Pollution in the Photographic Processing Industry
Guidance manual to assist implementation of Photographic Point Source Category of Effluent Guidelines and Standards-40 CFR 459.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/20/1981
- Guidance for Evaluating the Adverse Impact of Cooling Water Intake Structures on the Aquatic Environment
Section 316(b) P.L.92-500
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/01/1977
- Guidance for NPDES Permits Issued to Steam Electric Power Plants
Guidance to permit writers on establishing concentration or mass-based limits for steam electric power plants.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/22/1985
- Guidance for Section 304(l) Listing and Permitting of Pulp and Paper Mills
Presence of chlorinated dioxins and furans in discharges of pulp and paper mills examined.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
03/15/1989
- Guidance for the Determination of Appropriate Methods for the Detection of Section 313 Water Priority Chemicals
Guidance to facilities discharging storm water and subject to EPCRA section 313 reporting requirements on what pollutants to sample for and what methods to use when sampling. (EPA 833-B-94-001)
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/01/1994
- Guidance for the Preparation of Discharge Monitoring Reports: Facilities Required to Report Semi-Annual Monitoring Results Under NPDES Stormwater General Permits
Requirements for reporting storm water discharges (EPA-833-B-93-002).
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/01/1994
- Guidance Manual for Developing Best Management Practices (BMP)
Guidance for NPDES permittees in the development of BMPs for their facilities to prevent release of toxic and hazardous chemicals (EPA 833-B-93-004).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/01/1993
- Guidance Manual For the Preparation of NPDES Permit Applications For Stormwater Discharges Associated With Industrial Activity
Assistance for operators of facilities which discharge storm water in complying with NPDES permit application requirements (EPA-505/8-91-002).
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/01/1991
- Guidance on Advance Concurrence of the Assistant Administrator for Water on Selected Section 301(g) and Fundamentally Different Factors Variance Decisions under the Clean Water Act
Guidance to EPA regions on how to determine in advance if concurrence is necessary for making decisions on variances from effluent guidelines.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/15/1986
- Guidance on EPA's NPDES and Sludge Management Permit Procedures on Federal Indian Reservations
Provides guidance on EPA's obligations to issue NPDES and sludge permits to facilities located on Indian reservations.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
11/16/1993
- Guidance on Setting BCT Permit Limits for Breweries under Section 402(a) of CWA
Publication is not available electronically. For more information on ordering publications, go to http://www.epa.gov/owm/inpub.htm.Guidance to permit authorities for establishing BCT permit limits for breweries using best professional judgement.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/18/1979
(This file is not currently available for download)
- Guidance on Use of Seasonal Limits in NPDES Permits
Letter outlining EPA's guidance of the appropriate use of NPDES effluent limits that vary with the seasons.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/20/1996
- Implementation of Promulgated Section 307(a) Toxic Standards
Clarifies implementation of newly promulgated toxics standards for aldrin, dieldrin, benzidine, DDT, endrin, toxaphene, and PCBs.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/01/1977
- Implementation of Section 403 of the FWPCA
Information from the National Wildlife Federation on Section 403 of the FWPCA. Clarifies that ocean discharge regulations at 40 CFR 227 no longer apply to discharges to oceans, and that the criteria in CWA section 403(c) must instead be used.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/20/1977
- Industrial Permit Quality Review Procedures Guide, Draft
Handbook on how to conduct industrial Permit Quality Reviews (PQRs), which were developed in 1983 by the EPA Office of Water Enforcement and Permits. PQR was designed to provide national information on permit contents and program operations. This information is necessary for responses to Congress, developing budget and resource requests, and to identify areas for guidance or training activities.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/01/1987
- Industry Screener Questionnaire: Phase I for Cooling Water Intake Structures
This Information Collection Request is to supplement research being conducted by EPA's Office of Wastewater Management and Office of Science and Technology to support the development of proposed regulations to implement Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act. EPA has been directed by a Consent Decree to take final action to implement Section 316(b) by the year 2001. EPA requests approval from the Office of Management and Budget to implement a written screener questionnaire of industrial facilities potentially subject to Section 316(b).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/01/1998
- Industry Short Technical Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
The enclosed short technical questionnaire will help EPA identify the types and sizes of utilities that are subject to Section 316(b).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/01/2000
- Innovative Technology Extensions Under Section 301(k) of Clean Water Act; Effect of Sections 301(j) and (l)
Extensions under section 301(k) of the Clean Water Act. Clarifies the granting of innovative technology extensions for toxic pollutants.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/06/1978
- Interagency 316(a) Technical Guidance Manual and Guide for Thermal Effects Section of Nuclear Facilities Environmental Impact Statements
This manual describes the information which should be developed and evaluated in connection with making technical determinations under Section 316(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. FWPCA requires EPA to establish effluent limitations for use in permits for the discharge of pollutants to U.S. waters from point sources such as nuclear power plants.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/01/1977
- Interim Guidance for Performance-Based Reductions of NPDES Permit Monitoring Frequencies
Interim guidance to reduce unnecessary pollutant-specific monitoring and reporting in reissued NPDES permits with an excellent compliance and enforcement history. Does not advocate reductions for parameters monitored only once per quarter or for limits below analytical level of quantification (EPA 833-B-96-001).
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/01/1996
- Interim Petroleum Refinery Dioxin Discharges Activities and Guidance Update
Memorandum providing an interim report on the available information regarding the potential presence of dioxins and furans in wastewater discharaged from petroleum refineries and to provide the Regions with recommendations concerning notification of petroleum refineries about the detection of dioxins and furans in certain refinery wastestreams.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/06/1989
- Interim Strategy for the Regulation of Pulp and Paper Mill Dioxin Discharges to the Waters of the United States
Interim strategy for the regulation of pulp and paper mill dioxin discharges.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/09/1988
- Interpretation of Industrial Wastewater Discharge Exclusion from the Definition of Solid Waste
Clarifies that RCRA requirements apply to discharges of leachate into ground water from leaking waste management units, even when the ground water provides a direct hydrologic connection to surface waters of the US.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/17/1994
- Letter from EPA to Joseph A. Dinkel, Water Works Operators' Association of Pennsylvania
Policy of Pennsylvania DER re. Discharge of wastewater from water treatment plants.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
03/06/1984
- Maximum Daily Discharge Limitations vs. Instantaneous Maximum Limitation
Letter recognizing the distinction between maximum daily discharge limitations and instantaneous maximum limitations.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/23/1998
- Memorandum from Charles H. Kaplan, P.E. to Regional Permit Branch Chiefs, State NPDES Coordinators - Guidance for NPDES Permits Issued to Electric Cogenerating Plants and Industrial Facilities with Electric Generating Plants
Information and Guidance on the applicability of the Steam Electric Power Generating effluent guidelines of 40 CFR 423 to combined cycle steam electric facilities, cogenerating facilities, and steam electric plants at industrial facilities.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/30/1988
- Memorandum from Linda Boornazian and Mary T. Smith: Clarification of CWA 316(b) Requirements for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminals
This memorandum identifies the requirements that apply or could potentially apply to cooling water intake structures at Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) import terminals under the Clean Water Act (CWA) 316(b).
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/22/2004
- Memorandum to Regional Enforcement Division Directors and NPDES State Directors: Variance Applications
Notification that EPA has promulgated regulations implementing section 301(j), 301(c), and 301(g) waivers, and clarification that only EPA can grant these waivers.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/12/1978
- Memorandum: Implementation of Section 316(b) in NPDES Permits
This memorandum provides an update on the status of regulations and implementation activities for cooling water intake structures under section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/27/2003
- Memorandum: Information on the Misuse of Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate
Memo from Michael B. Cook, Director of the Office of Wastewater
Management, alerting users of potential problems that could arise from
the misuse of sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate and associated compounds.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/02/2002
- Memorandum: Remand of Restoration Provisions in Rule Governing Cooling Water Intakes at New Facilities under 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
This memorandum discusses the remand of restoration measures for 316(b) Phase I facilities.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/16/2004
- Monitoring of Total Hydrocarbons by Sewage Sludge Incinerators
Explaines EPA's anticipated actions to measure compliance with the total hydrocarbons requirements for sludge incinerators.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/17/1994
- Moving the NPDES Program to a Watershed Approach
Status report of EPA regional efforts to implement the NPDES Watershed Strategy, and of the various activities conducted by states and EPA regions to foster watershed protection.
Document Type:
Program Status Reports
Date Published:
10/25/1994
- National Menu of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for NPDES Stormwater Phase II
Contains numerous fact sheets that describe best management practices (BMPs) that can be used to fulfill the 6 minimum measures described in the Stormwater Phase II Rule (public education and outreach on stormwater impacts, public involvement/participation, illicit discharge detection and elimination, construction site stormwater runoff control, post-construction stormwater management in new development and redevelopment, and pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operations). Regulated small MS4s can select from the menu as they submit a notice of intent (NOI) to be covered by a general permit. It can also be used by states, the construction industry, and other stakeholders. Each fact sheet contains cost and effectiveness data, applicability, siting and design considerations, benefits, limitations, and case studies and resources for further information. To view the Menu of BMPs visit http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/27/2000
- New NPDES Non-Municipal Permit Rating System
Memorandum which discusses the implementaion of the new system for rating dischargers as major/minor for purposes of aiding the administration of the NPDES program.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/27/1990
- New Regulations Governing the Discharge of Toxic and Hazardous Pollutants to POTWs
Permitting and compliance monitoring & enforcement implementation activities.
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Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/17/1990
- New Source Dates for Direct and Indirect Dischargers Memorandum
This memorandum summarizes EPA regulatory requirements for determining what sources are new sources. This document includes Appendix A which provides a summary of relevant regulatory criteria for consideration in this determination as well as Appendix B which provides a listing of applicable new source dates used in making new source determinations.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/28/2006
- Notice of Intent (NOI) for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity Under the Multi-Sector NPDES General Permit
Submission of a Notice of Intent (NOI) constitutes notice that the entity intends to be authorized to discharge pollutants to waters of the United States under EPA's Stormwater Multi-sector General Permit (MSGP). Note: Even though this publication is a PDF file, it allows you to type directly onto the form while it is open in the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You should enter your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and mail it to the Stormwater NOI Center.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
09/29/2008
- NPDES Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form
Form used by NPDES stormwater permittees to submit analytical monitoring results to the appropriate NPDES permitting authority.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
Unknown
- NPDES Form 1 Application: General Information - Consolidated Permits Program
General information application. Must be submitted by all facilities applying for an individual NPDES permit, with the exception of POTWs, TWTDS, and MS4s serving a population greater than 100,000. Note: You need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0 in order to open this file. Even though this publication is a PDF file, this document allows you to type directly onto the form and allows you to save the PDF with the form fields populated. You should enter your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and mail the form to the address stated in the instructions.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
08/01/1990
- NPDES Form 2C Application
Application for permit to discharge wastewater - existing industrial facilities (including manufacturing, commercial, mining and silvicultural operations) (Revisions proposed for Form 2C have been discontinued.)Note: You need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0 in order to open this file. Even though this publication is a PDF file, this document allows you to type directly onto the form and allows you to save the PDF with the form fields populated. You should enter your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and mail the form to the address stated in the instructions.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
08/01/1990
- NPDES Form 2D Application
Application for permit to discharge process wastewater - for new industrial facilities. Note: You need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0 in order to open this file. Even though this publication is a PDF file, this document allows you to type directly onto the form and allows you to save the PDF with the form fields populated. You should enter your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and mail the form to the address stated in the instructions.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
08/01/1990
- NPDES Form 2E Application
Application for facilities which do not discharge process wastewaters. Note: You need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0 in order to open this file. Even though this publication is a PDF file, this document allows you to type directly onto the form and allows you to save the PDF with the form fields populated. You should enter your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and mail the form to the address stated in the instructions.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
08/01/1990
- NPDES Form 2F Application
Application for permit to discharge stormwater associated with new and existing industrial activity. Note: You need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0 in order to open this file. Even though this publication is a PDF file, this document allows you to type directly onto the form and allows you to save the PDF with the form fields populated. You should enter your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and mail the form to the address stated in the instructions.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
01/01/1992
- NPDES Industrial Permit Abstracts 1993
Tool for permit writers to use in drafting technically and legally substantiated permit conditions. Sixth edition (EPA-833-B-93-005).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/01/1993
- NPDES Permit Issuance For Iron and Steel Facilities
Memorandum directing EPA regions to not issue permits to iron and steel facilities until the effluent guideline is promulgated, and suggestion to States to do the same. [Note: This memorandum became obsolete upon the May 27, 1982, promulgation of the effluent guideline.]
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/15/1980
- NPDES Permit Issuance for Pulp and Paper Facilities with BCT Limitations to Other Facilities
Memorandum discussing the position EPA has taken on the regulation of the Pulp and Paper Industrial Point Source Category, to examine methods for issuance of permits to facilities in that category and the issuance of permits with BCT limitations to secondary categories other than the pulp and paper.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/15/1981
- NPDES Permit Writer's Manual
The NPDES Permit Writers' Manual is principally designed to help permit writers prepare legally defensible and enforceable NPDES permits. Its purpose is to serve as a useful resource in providing the technical and legal considerations which support the development of NPDES permits. However, the manual is also intended to serve as a resource for others, including stakeholders and the regulated community, interested in the NPDES permitting process. (EPA 833-B-96-003)
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/01/1996
- NPDES Permit Writers Guide on Data Quality Objectives
Process that should be followed for establishing Data Quality Objectives.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/03/1990
- NPDES Permits in Wetlands Areas
Information on the guidance concerning the creation of a sanitary landfill in a wetland.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/11/1977
- NPDES Permitting Process for Oil and Gas Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf
Guidance on the NPDES permitting process and general permitting strategy for offshore oil and gas activities, prepared under the Memorandum of Understanding between EPA and the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/18/1985
- NPDES Permitting Strategy for OCPSF Industry Direct Dischargers
National strategy calling for expeditious reissuance of NPDES permits for organic chemical facilities, in order that the new effluent guidelines can quickly become implemented.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/16/1989
- Oil and Grease Limitations for Petroleum Marketing Terminals
Guidance for drafting NPDES permits for oil and grease limitations in petroleum marketing terminals.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
03/18/1974
- Opinions on Variances in Second Round NPDES Permits and Other Issues
Guidance on granting variances to BAT requirements.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/13/1978
- Outer Continental Shelf Coordination Committee
Memorandum discussing the roles of the OCS Committee which was formed to provide direction for the many Agency activities related to regulation of the oil and gas industry on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/06/1981
- OW's Consultation of NPDES Permits for Solid Waste Discharge (MOA with Army)
Memorandum to EPA regions requesting EPA Headquarters involvement in discussions related to discharge of NPDES residuals into wetlands
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/01/1987
- Permit Writer's Guide to Water Quality-Based Permitting for Toxic Pollutants
Step-wise procedures for use by NPDES permit writers faced with issuing water quality-based permits for toxic pollutants.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/20/1987
- Permitting Guidance for Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities
Guidance document providing an overview of the semiconductor manufacturing process, a discussion of the overlap between Parts 469 and 433, and examining new and emerging manufacturing technologies and how these processes fit into the regulatory framework of Parts 469 and 433.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/21/1998
- Phase II Iron Steel Effluent Guidelines Mahoning River Valley
Information on EPA announcement and decision to exempt steel-making facilities in Mahoning River Valley region of Ohio from nationwide BPT effluent limitations.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/04/1976
- Plan for Resolution of Fundamentally Different Factors and Section 301(g) Variance Requests
Memo outlining the plan to resolve FDFs and 301(g) variances
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/25/1987
- Policies for Reissuing Industrial NPDES Permits
Policies and guidance on industrial NPDES permits.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/12/1978
- Policy Regarding Procedures for FDF BPT Variances
Publication is not available electronically. For more information on ordering publications, go to http://www.epa.gov/owm/inpub.htm.Outlines interim procedures for processing FDF variances, until such time regulations are promulgated. [Note: Procedures became superseded by promulgation of the regulations on June 7, 1979, and subsequent revisions to EPA's delegation of signature author
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/17/1977
(This file is not currently available for download)
- Policy Regarding the Inclusion in Permits of Effluent Parameters More Stringent Than or Additional to Those Based on Secondary Treatment or Effluent Guidelines
Information on the secondary treatment standard (municipal dischargers) and effluent guidelines (non-municipal dischargers).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/13/1977
- Policy Statement on Scope of Discharge Authorization and Shield Associated with NPDES Permits
EPA's position on the scope of the authorization to discharge under an NPDES permit and the shield thus associated with the permit authorization.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/01/1994
- POTW Contract Operations
Memo discussing the potential liability of private operators of POTWs as NPDES copermittees.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/28/1988
- Predicting Soil Erosion by Water: A Guide to Conservation Planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE)
Contains information on the R factor.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
Unknown
- PRELIM Version 4.0 User's Guide
User's guide for an EPA computer program that calculates local discharge limitation.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/01/1991
- Preliminary Report USEPA Bench Scale Wastewater Treatability Study Pulp and Paper Mill Discharges of 2378-TCDD and 2378-TCDF
Proposed Interim Control Measures Interim NPDES Permit Strategy: Wastewater discharges of 2378-TCDD and 2378-TCDF from pulp and paper mills.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/01/1988
- Procedures for Processing Fundamentally Different Factor Variances
Questions have recently been raised concerning the procedures for processing fundamentally different factors (FDF) variances. The NPDES regulations at 40 CFR 124.62-124.63 contain the procedures for processing variances. A copy of these provisions is attached.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/01/1983
- Project Regarding Procedures for Fundamentally Different Factor BPT Variances
Information regarding the fundamentally different factors (FDR) variance request during the past year.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/18/1977
- Protecting the Nation's Waters Through Effective NPDES Permits: A Strategic Plan FY 2001 and Beyond
The Water Permits Division's Strategic Plan discusses the background of the Water Permits Division, their organization and resources, current implementation activities, and the Division's vision, mission, challenges, strategic issues, goals, and key actions from FY 2001 and beyond. EPA-833-R-01-001.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/01/2001
- Questions and Answers Regarding OCPSF Effluent Limitations Guidelines
Memorandum providing frequently asked questions and answers related to the new effluent guideline for organic chemical plants.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/12/1988
- Questions Regarding the Policy and Procedures for Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letters,
Information on the June 3, 1976 issue with the enforcement actions against municipal and industrial dischargers failing to meet the July 1, 1977 statutory deadlines and procedures for issuing enforcement Compliance Schedule Letters (ECSL's).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/10/1976
- Recent Concerns about USGS Data for Selected Metals
Use of data for establishing NPDES permit limits.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/02/1992
- Regional Responsibility for EPA Review of State SMCRA Programs on Request of the Office of Surface Mining
Publication is not available electronically. For more information on ordering publications, go to http://www.epa.gov/owm/inpub.htm.Describes EPA review of state SMCRA program amendments and new program submissions.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/04/1992
(This file is not currently available for download)
- Regulatory Determination for the "PreKote" Surface Preparation Process
Memorandum clarifying whether the use of a particular metal surface painting preparation operation, a chemical marketed as "PreKote" and a liquid epoxy primer, conducted on aircraft aluminum surfaces prior to painting is regulated as a core operation under the Metal Finishing Effluent Guidelines (40 CFR 433).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/01/2003
- Reissuing NPDES Permits to Sources Affected by the NRDC Consent Agreement
Guidance on reissuing permits.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/16/1978
- Release of Dioxin Treatability Study and Interim Control Measures for Regulating Dioxin Discharges from Pulp and Paper Mills
Transmits preliminary reports that present results of EPA's bench scale wastewater treatability study in pulp and paper mill wastewaters.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
10/20/1988
- Remand of the OCPSF Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Bis (2-Chloroisopropyl) ether
Memorandum announcing that due to a partial remand on the organic chemicals effluent guideline, permit writers need to use their best professional judgement for writing permit limits for bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
11/30/1988
- Representative Sampling in NPDES Permits
Expresses importance of clear expressions of monitoring locations in NPDES permits, and offering recommended permit language for such.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/06/1983
- Results of Significant Noncompliance (SNC) Study
Significant noncompliance study and enforcement of EPA regulations.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/25/1993
- Search General Permits
EPA is gathering PDF copies of NPDES general permits and fact sheets for major facilities issued after November 1, 2002. Click here to search and view general permits issued by permit category, state, permit title, or permit number.
Document Type:
Example and General Permits
Date Published:
11/01/2002
- Section 301(g) Variance Requests
Guidance for handling 301(g) variance requests.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/17/1983
- Section 316(b) Flow Diagram of Draft Regulatory Framework Assessment of Potential Impacts from Impingement
Section 316(b) Flow Diagram of Draft Regulatory Framework Assessment of Potential Impacts from Impingement
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
Unknown
- Section 316(b) of the FWPCA (CWA)
Technology of cooling water intake structures.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/14/1975
- Senate Bill on Vessel Clarification
This bill clarifies the circumstances during which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable States may require permits for discharges from certain vessels, and when to require the Administrator to conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/03/2008
- Sewage Disposal from Trains
Clarifies that sewage disposal from trains is best addressed by the Rail Passenger Service Act, and not the Clean Water Act.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
11/08/1988
- State 401 Certification Letters
Section 401(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) provides that any certification under the Act "shall set forth any effluent limitations and other limitations, and monitoring requirements" necessary to assure that any applicant for a federal license or permit will comply with any applicable CWA-based effluent limitations and other limitations, standards of performance, prohibitions, effluent standards, or pretreatment standards, and with any other appropriate requirements of State and Tribal law. Section 401(d) further provides that such additional limitations and monitoring requirements "shall become a condition on any Federal license or permit subject to the provisions of this section." Pursuant to section 401(d), EPA has attached provisions provided by States and Tribes in their CWA § 401 certifications; those that constitute effluent or other limitations or monitoring requirements are enforceable conditions of this permit.
Part 6 of the Final Vessel General Permit (VGP) identifies provisions provided to EPA by States and Tribes in their CWA § 401 certifications that the States and Tribes deemed necessary to assure compliance with applicable provisions of the CWA and any other appropriate requirements of State and Tribal law. See 33 U.S.C. 1341(d); 40 C.F.R. § 124.53(e)(1). Pursuant to CWA § 401(d), EPA has attached those State and Tribal provisions to the final VGP; those that constitute effluent or other limitations or monitoring requirements are enforceable conditions of the federal permit. American Rivers, Inc. v. FERC, 129 F.3d 99, 107 (2nd Cir. 1997). These conditions are subject to review in State and Tribal administrative and judicial tribunals with appropriate jurisdiction. 40 C.F.R. § 124.55(e); American Rivers, Inc. v. FERC, 129 F.3d 99, 102 (2nd Cir. 1997); Roosevelt Campobello Int'l Park Comm'n v. EPA, 684 F.2d 1041, 1056 (1st Cir. 1982). The complete certification letters which contained additional permit conditions received from each State and Tribe are below.
Additional State and tribal certification letters are available in the docket for this permit, available at www.regulations.gov under docket number EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0055.
Document Type:
Program Status Reports
Date Published:
12/18/2008
- State Regulation on Federal Facilities under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977 (Clean Water Act) Policy Guidance Memorandum
Information on the recent amendments to the FWPCA.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
03/10/1978
- Statutory Deadlines for Compliance by Publicly Owned Treatment Works under the Clean Water Act
Memo regarding statutory deadlines affected by the amendments to the CWA
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
03/04/1983
- Stormwater Phase II Federal Advisory Subcommittee Members
Contact list consists of members, alternates, and affiliate contacts.
Document Type:
Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
Unknown
- Stormwater Program for Regulated Small MS4s: Unincorporated Towns/Townships in Urbanized Areas
Document Type:
Date Published:
07/11/2000
- Strategy for the Regulation of Discharges of PHDDs and PHDFs from Pulp and Paper Mills to Waters of the United States
Strategy for writing permit limits to control dioxins and furans discharged from pulp and paper mills. Updates the August 9, 1988 interim strategy.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
05/21/1990
- Summary of Participant Feedback, Section 316(B) Public Meeting - June 29, 1998
Summary of public meeting held on June 29, 1998
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
Unknown
- Summary of Participant Feedback, Section 316(B) Public Meeting - September 10-11, 1998
Summary of public meeting held on September 10, 1998.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
Unknown
- Suspension of Portion of Definition of "Waters of the United States" in Consolidated Permit Regulations - Action Memorandum
Suspending a provision of the Consolidated Permit Regulations.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
07/15/1980
- Technical Guidance Manual for the Regulations Promulgated Pursuant to Section 301(g) of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and 40 CFR Part 125 (Subpart F)
Guidance to EPA Regions and states on how to conduct the technical analysis required in support of Section 301(g) variances to effluent guidelines. Assistance for applicants in developing best available technology economically achievable (BAT) effluent limitations for non-conventional pollutants (CWA s.301(g)).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/22/1984
- Transcript: Section 316(b) Public Meeting, Friday, September 11, 1998 Alexandria, Virginia
Transcript of public meeting held on Sept 10-11, 1998 (Day 2)
Document Type:
Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
Unknown
- Transcript: Section 316(b) Public Meeting, Monday, June 29, 1998
Transcript of public meeting held on June 29, 1998
Document Type:
Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
Unknown
- Transcript: Section 316(b) Public Meeting, Thursday, September 10, 1998 Alexandria, Virginia
Transcript of public meeting held on Sept 10-11, 1998 (Day 1)
Document Type:
Factsheets and Outreach Materials
Date Published:
Unknown
- Treatability Manual, Volume I - Treatability Data
Preface and Acknowledgements for the Treatability Manual. Series of EPA guidance manuals on the treatability of priority pollutants. Guidance is often used by permit writers when establishing permit limits using best professional judgement. Vol.1(EPA 800/8-80-042A; ERIC W754; NTIS PB80-223050), Vol.2 (EPA 800/
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/23/1980
- U.S. Clean Water Act: Permitting and Operational Discharges from Vessels
This presentation is an overview of the Clean Water Act Permit Basics, court decisions and implications, as well as current EPA activities to respond.
Document Type:
Date Published:
07/19/2008
- U.S. Clean Water Act: Proposed Vessel General Permits Public Meetings and Hearing
This presentation reviews vessel permit coverage, commercial, and recreational vessels.
Document Type:
Date Published:
06/19/2008
- U.S. Clean Water Act: Regulatory Requirements for Vessel Operational Discharges
This document addresses CWA statutory requirements, court decisions and implications, as well as an overview of Proposed Vessel General Permit for Commercial Vessels.
Document Type:
Date Published:
01/10/2008
- U.S. EPA's Hardrock Mining Framework
The framework has been developed to help the USEPA implement a multi-media, multi-statute approach to dealing with the environmental concerns posed by hardrock mining. It focuses on understanding and improving the use of existing EPA authorities while recognizing the role of other parties (EPA-833-B-97-003).
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/01/1997
- Use of Biomonitoring in the NPDES Permit Program
Legal memorandum explaining that EPA has the authority to require biomonitoring and establish non-effluent guideline limitations for toxics in NPDES permits.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
01/11/1979
- Use of Closed Cycle Cooling Systems to meet the Requirements of Section 316(b)
Legal memorandum stating that EPA cannot require closed cycle cooling systems (e.g., cooling towers) at powerplants, but can specify intake capacity restrictions that might lead to installation of cooling towers.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/26/1975
- Use of Low Flow Augmentation by Point Sources to Meet Water Quality Standards
EPA's policy discouraging use of flow augmentation as an alternative to treatment for meeting water quality standards.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
11/08/1976
- Utility Manholes and Vaults as "Point Sources"
Letter to Senator Reid on whether utility manholes and vaults are point sources of pollution under the CWA.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
09/04/1997
- Vessel Discharge Permit Program
Vessel owners or operators whose discharges previously have been exempt from Clean Water Act requirements will require a permit beginning September 30, 2008. EPA is seeking information as it considers how to develop a water permit program for pollutant discharges incidental to the normal operation of commercial vessels and recreational boats. To view background information and federal register documents, visit EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds Ballast Water page.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/20/2007
- Vessel General Permit (VGP) For Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Vessels
The 2008 Vessel General Permit (VGP) regulates discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels operating in a capacity as a means of transportation. The VGP includes general effluent limits applicable to all discharges; general effluent limits applicable to 26 specific discharge streams; narrative water-quality based effluent limits; inspection, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements; and additional requirements applicable to certain vessel types.
Document Type:
Permit Applications and Forms
Date Published:
12/19/2008
- Vessels eNOI Batch Upload
This template and instructions documents contain the specifications of the template designed for the batch upload of electronic Notices of Intent (eNOIs) for coverage under the Vessels General Permit (VGP). These documents also provides users instructions on how to enter vessel data in the batch upload template and to generate the PIPE (as know as Vertical Bar) delimited CSV (Comma separated values) file for vessel batch upload.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/01/2009
- Vessels eNOI Guidance Documents
These guidance documents give information and instructions on how to register facilities and certify officials for Vessels eNOI.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
08/14/2009
- Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet: Chemical Precipitation
Fact sheet that provides information on the advantages and disadvantages, applicability, performance, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs of widely used technologies for removing organic substances, metals and other inorganics from wastewater in a process of precipitation, or settling out these substances from solution (EPA 832-F-00-018).
Document Type:
Date Published:
09/01/2000
- Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet: Dechlorination
Fact sheet that discusses ways to remove residual chlorine from disinfected wastewater prior to discharge into the environment. Provides information on advantages and disadvantages, applicability, performance, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs of such processes (EPA 832-F-00-022).
Document Type:
Date Published:
09/01/2000
- Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet: Granular Activated Carbon Adsorption and Regeneration
Fact sheet on the use of GAC adsorption for advanced treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater. Technology can be used to absorb small quantities of remaining soluble organic and inorganic compounds. Provides information on advantages and disadvantages, applicability, performance, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs (EPA 832-F-00-017).
Document Type:
Date Published:
09/01/2000
- Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet: Intermittent Sand Filters
Fact sheet that describes intermittent sand filters as wastewater treatment systems and provides information on technologies, advantages and disadvantages, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs. Also available in Spanish (EPA 832-F-99-067).
Document Type:
Date Published:
09/01/1999
- Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet: Ozone Disinfection
Fact sheet that describes ozone disinfection for wastewater treatment. Provides information on technologies, advantages and disadvantages, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs. Also available in Spanish (EPA 832-F-99-063).
Document Type:
Date Published:
09/01/1999
- Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet: Package Plants
Fact sheet that describes common types of premanufactured treatment facilities designed for wastewater treatment in small communities or on individual properties. Provides information on the advantages and disadvantages, applicability, performance, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs of each type of facility (EPA 832-F-00-016).
Document Type:
Date Published:
09/01/2000
- Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet: Ultraviolet Disinfection
Fact sheet that describes ultraviolet disinfection as a wastewater treatment system. Provides information on technologies, advantages and disadvantages, design criteria, operation and maintenance, and costs. Also available in Spanish (EPA 832-F-99-064).
Document Type:
Date Published:
09/01/1999
- Water Treatment Plant Limitations
EPA has reviewed a proposed regional policy on industrial and municipal water treatment plant permit limitations.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
04/13/1977
- Waters of the United States Determination For a Proposed Cooling Pond Site in Polk County, Florida
Proposed cooling pond site in Polk County, Florida. Provides guidance on whether a cooling pond is considered as a water of the US under the NPDES permit program.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
12/13/1993
- Whole Effluent Toxicity Sample Permitting and Enforcement Guidance
Efforts of an EPA/State workgroup composed of permitting, enforcement and legal counsel representatives in support of whole-effluent toxicity permitting and enforcement. Guidance for improving consistency in whole effluent toxicity limits in NPDES permits by providing sample permit language.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
02/02/1989
- Writing NPDES BAT Permits in the Absence of Promulgated Effluent Guidelines
Expresses need to reissue NPDES permits implementing BAT although effluent guidelines have not been developed, and initial guidance on how to write such permits using best professional judgement.
Document Type:
Policy and Guidance Documents
Date Published:
06/25/1980
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