NPDES Permit for Eldorado Creek Suction Dredge in Alaska

Below is EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for a suction dredge operation that discharges to Eldorado Creek within Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The operation is focused on the extraction of gold from deposits found in the streambed along Eldorado Creek.

Permit number: AK0053791

Current permit

Effective date: June 11, 2021
Permit expires: May 31, 2026 (administratively continued)

• NPDES Permit, Yvonne Desjarlais, Alaska, #AK0053791 (pdf) (169.17 KB, February 4, 2021)
  Final discharge permit for suction dredge operation.
• NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, Yvonne Desjarlais, Alaska, #AK0053791 (pdf) (276.19 KB, December 2020)
  Technical basis for December 2020 draft permit.
• Clean Water Act 401 Certification, NPDES Permit #AK0053791, Yvonne Desjarlais, Alaska (pdf) (88.56 KB, February 4, 2021)
  EPA's water quality certification under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

Proposed permit

EPA is proposing to reissue this permit. We are accepting public comments on the draft permit from September 1 through September 30, 2026. Copies of the draft permit and supporting documents are available below.

• Draft NPDES Permit, Eldorado Creek Suction Dredge, #AK0053791 (pdf) (1011.7 KB, September 2026)
• NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, Eldorado Creek Suction Dredge, #AK0053791 (pdf) (1.04 MB, September 2026)