NPDES General Permit for Offshore Seafood Processors in Federal Waters Off the Washington and Oregon Coast

Permittees: Please send notices of intent (NOIs), updated NOIs, and any other permit-related notices (e.g., notice to transfer or terminate coverage) to Sally Goodman (goodman.sally@epa.gov). Please attach compliance-related and enforcement-related notices or reports to Discharge Monitoring Report submittals in NetDMR (if this option is available), or otherwise submit to Jason Rodriguez (rodriguez.jason@epa.gov).

Below are documents related to EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for offshore seafood processors in federal waters off the coast of Washington and Oregon.

Permit number: WAG520000
Effective date: May 1, 2019
Permit expires: April 30, 2024 (administratively continued for current permittees)

Related information:

Permit documents

NPDES General Permit, Offshore Seafood Processors Off Washington and Oregon Coast, #WAG520000 (pdf) (1.32 MB, May 22, 2019)
Final discharge permit. Includes minor modification to original permit to correct Sections V.B.7.e. (pg. 16) and VIII.B.a. (pg. 26).
Annual Report Form for NPDES General Permit #WAG520000 (pdf) (162.25 KB, Revised February 2021)
Blank report form. Due February 14 following each year of operation.
NPDES Permit Fact Sheet (2017), Offshore Seafood Processors Off Washington and Oregon Coast, #WAG520000 (pdf) (2.4 MB, June 2017)
Technical basis for 2017 re-proposal of draft permit.
NPDES Permit Fact Sheet (2015), Offshore Seafood Processors Off Washington and Oregon Coast, #WAG520000 (pdf) (154.93 KB, August 2015)
Technical basis for original 2015 draft permit.
Response to Comments on Draft NPDES General Permit for Offshore Seafood Processors Off Washington and Oregon Coast, #WAG520000 (pdf) (445.08 KB, March 4, 2019)
EPA's responses to public comments received during the 2015 and 2017 comment periods.
Biological Evaluation (BE), Offshore Seafood Processors, Washington & Oregon, #WAG520000 (pdf) (10.34 MB, May 2017)
Identifies potential impacts to federally listed endangered or threatened species. Originally submitted August 2015; revised May 2017.
Ocean Discharge Criteria Evaluation (ODCE), Offshore Seafood Processors, Washington & Oregon, #WAG520000 (pdf) (2.24 MB, August 2015)
Assesses the potential for the discharges to cause unreasonable degradation of the marine environment.
EPA Federal Consistency Determination for Washington for NPDES General Permit #WAG520000 (pdf) (1.38 MB, June 2017)
EPA's Consistency Determination for Washington pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
EPA Federal Consistency Determination for Oregon for NPDES General Permit #WAG520000 (pdf) (1.45 MB, June 2017)
EPA's Consistency Determination for Oregon pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).