NPDES, Water Quality, Mixing Zone, Title V and ACDP Air Quality Draft and Final Permits, and Draft TMDL.

The goal of this website is to provide direct public access to regulatory Air and NPDES draft permits potentially affecting water quality. These draft permits and related documents are made available as a public service in lieu of regulatory agencies making these documents directly available to the electronically literate internet community. This website is a continual work-in-progress and will be updated, as often as possible, when key draft permits are obtained from issuing regulatory agencies. The lists linked to this website are not all inclusive but are lists based on current drafts as they are made available to us by regulatory agencies. Presently, the draft permits available on this website are obtained from the State of Oregon, but this service may expand to other states and federal agencies if needed. A discussion of online NPDES permit documents availability from Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, California and EPA offshore is presented. A discussion of online Title V permit documents availability from Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and California is also made available.

NPDES Wastewater, Draft and Final Permits and TMDL and Title V Air Quality:

Final Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL). The Oregon DEQ is awaiting EPA approval of DEQ's Final TMDLs for the Tualatin River (2012) and Upper Klamath River (2010) Subbasins. The final TMDL version of the Tualatin TMDL drops the problematic Temperature TMDL portion. Recently, in August 2012, DEQ issued the provisional Final 2012 TMDL for the Tualatin River Subbasins.

Draft Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL). Previous Draft TMDLs for water quality include Tualatin River Subbasins TMDL (the public comment period ended on December 14, 2011). Old draft TMDLs that have closed for public comment are: Bear Creek Watershed and others. See also Final TMDLs, which include the Tualatin River Subbasins (2001) and Willamette River Subbasins (2006).

NPDES Wastewater Oregon Draft Permits. New Draft Permits, Fact Sheets, Biosolids Management Plans, Effluent Reuse Plans include: Pacific City STP and Maupin STP. Old draft permit documents include: Canby STP, Shell Oil Products Halsey.

NPDES Wastewater Final Permit Documents include:

EPA offshore discharge permits with related documents includes: Cook Inlet, Alaska documents for oil and gas extraction under the 2007 General Permit AKG315000 (a.k.a AKG-31-5000) and the draft (2013) Exploration Permits AKG315100 (EPA) and AKG285100 (ADEC) with renewal status.

Additional EPA offshore discharge permits and related documents include: General Permits for wastewater discharges from oil and gas exploration in the Arctic Ocean that consist of the Beaufort Sea Final (AKG282100) (a.k.a. AKG-28-2100) and the Chukchi Sea Final (AKG288100) (a.k.a. AKG-28-8100) released by EPA in October 2012.

For comparison, these Arctic permit webpages also contain the Beaufort Sea Draft (AKG282100) and the Chukchi Sea Draft (AKG288100) released by the EPA in January 2012. The Previous (2006) Arctic General Permit AKG280000 (a.k.a AKG-28-0000) is also provided.

Notice of Intent (NOI) to discharge into the Beaufort Sea by Shell Offshore Inc. have been uploaded for the Arctic Ocean.

A Mudline Cellar (MLC) illustration [in jpg format] is provided to demonstrate the requirements of ice keel and ice scour protection for well head and blowout preventer equipment. A [pdf] version of this MLC illustration is also available here.

There are additional evaluations proceeding under: NOAA Fisheries with the Draft EIS for the Effects on the Arctic Ocean from Oil and Gas Activities; USGS investigations of Arctic sea ice reduction and sea ice recession; Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea BOEMRE Environmental Impact Statements (EIS); Shell (2012) and ConocoPhillips (2013) Chukchi Sea Exploration Plans in the Arctic Ocean with public comment on the Shell CSEP ending December 7, 2011.

BOEM Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2012-2017 is out for public comment ending January 9, 2012.

EPA offshore documents related to the BP oil spill (BPOS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) are also uploaded on this website.

Washington Industrial Waste (IW) Discharge Facility permit documents for: Boise White Paper Vancouver Pulp and Paper Mill; Chinook Ventures Longview Aluminum Smelter; Emerald Kalama Chemical; Georgia Pacific (GP) Camas - Kraft Pulp and Paper Mill; Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc. - Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mill; and Steelscape, Inc. - Cold-Rolled and Steel Sheet, Strip, and Bars.

Washington Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) permit documents for: Bingen & White Salmon, Camas, Dallesport, Kalama, Longview, Lyle, North Bonneville, Ridgefield, Stevenson, Three Rivers, Vancouver, Washougal and Woodland.

Oregon Industrial Waste (IW) Discharge Facility permit documents for: Bio-Oregon Protein fish processing, Bonneville Dam & Lock - USACOE, Clatsop Fisheries, Conrad Wood Preserving Company - Rainier, Dyno Nobel fertilizer manufacturing, Georgia Pacific Wauna Mill, Knife River Troutdale - Dredging, Pacific Surimi seafood processing, PGE Beaver electricity generation, Port of St. Helens ethanol process non-contact cooling water, Precision Drying Services wood treatment, Pt. Adams Packing seafood processing, Reynolds Metals Co. - cyanide and fluoride groundwater remediation & other, and Toyo Tanso Troutdale - semiconductor parts production non-contact cooling water & other.

Oregon Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) permit documents for: Albany, Ashland, Astoria, Aurora, Bandon, Bonneville, Brookings, Brownsville, Canby, Cannon Beach, Cascade Locks, Carlton, Clatskanie, Coos Bay, Coquille, Corvallis, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Dallas, Dayton, Depoe Bay, Drain, Dundee, Durham, Eugene-Springfield, Florence, Forest Grove, Garibaldi, Gold Beach, Grants Pass, Gresham, Harrisburg, Hebo, Hillsboro, Hood River, Hubbard, Independence, Jefferson, Junction City, Kellogg, Lafayette, Lakeside, Lincoln City, McMinnville, Medford, Molalla, Monmouth, Mosier, Mt. Angel, Myrtle Point, Nehalem, Newberg, Newport, North Bend, OLSD, Pacific City, Portland, Port Orford, Powers, Rainier, Reedsport, Rock Creek, Roseburg, Salem, Scappoose, Seaside, Silverton, St. Helens, The Dalles, Tillamook, Tri-City, Troutdale, Tryon Creek, Waldport, Warrenton, Westport, Wilsonville, Woodburn, Yachats and Yamhill.

Regulatory Title V Air Quality Draft Permits. Current Draft Permits include: Gunderson; Paramount Petroleum; Roseburg Forest Products (RFP), Coquille Plywood; Miles Fiberglass and Composites; Masterbrand Cabinets, Inc.; BCC RPI Hillsboro; West Oregon Wood Products; and Allied Systems Company. AWAITING finalized permits for: Northwest Pipe Company (Comments to DEQ ended February 7, 2007); Covanta Marion, Inc.; Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation; Ring Industrial Group Air Contaminant Discharge Permit (ACDP); Rhodia, Inc. (comments to DEQ ended March 9, 2007).

See also Title V Air Quality Final Permits. Recent Final Permits include: Boise Building Solutions Manufacturing, LLC; and Roseburg Forest Products Engineered Wood Products (EWP) Facility.

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