NPDES Permit for Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Alaska
Below is EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ketchikan, Alaska. The facility discharges primary treated effluent to Tongass Narrows under a Clean Water Act section 301(h)-modified NPDES permit.
Permit number: AK0021440
Current permit
Effective date: January 29, 2001
Permit expired: January 29, 2006 (administratively continued)
- NPDES Permit, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf)
- NPDES Permit Section 301(h) Variance, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf)
- NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf)
- Response to Comments on Draft NPDES Permit for Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf)
Proposed permit
EPA is proposing to reissue this permit. We are accepting public comments on the draft permit from April 15 through May 30, 2025. Copies of the draft permit and supporting documents are available below.
- Draft NPDES Permit, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf)
- NPDES Permit Fact Sheet, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf)
- 301(h) Tentative Decision Document, Ketchikan Charcoal Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, #AK0021440 (pdf)
- Mixing Zone Dilution Modeling for Six Alaska POTWs (pdf)
- Frequent Questions About 301(h) Facilities in Southeast Alaska (pdf)