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NPDES Related Guidance Documents

Referenced in the Application to Administer the Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program
File Title Binder Tab Size
Open (PDF) 2003 Storm Water Compliance and Enforcement Strategy (August 14, 2003) 1 0.4MB
  Best Management Practices (BMPs) in NPDES Permits - Informational Memorandum (August 19, 1988) 2  
Open (PDF) Compliance Assurance Evaluation Principles (March 24, 1998) 3 4.4MB
Open (PDF) Control Authority Pretreatment Audit Checklist and Instructions (May 1992) 4 5.4MB
Open (PDF) Enforcement and Compliance Strategy (March 1997) 5 0.1MB
Open (PDF) Enforcement Management System National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, (Clean Water Act) (1989) 6 14.3MB
Open (PDF) EPA Region 10 Guidance for WQBELs Below Analytical Detection/Quantitation Level (March 22, 1996) 7 0.03MB
Open (PDF) EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans, EPA/QA/R-5, EPA/240/B-01/003 (March 2001) 8 0.1MB
Open (PDF) EPA Requirements for Quality Management Plans, EPA QA/R-2, EPA/240/B-01/002 (March 2001) 9 0.09MB
Open (PDF) EPA /State Agency Agreement on Compliance Assurance Principles (May 1997) 10 0.02MB
  Evaluation of POTW Inspection and Sampling of Industrial Users (May 8, 2002) 11  
Open (PDF) Final FY2006 Update, National Program Managers' Guidance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (June 2005, revised October 2005) 12 0.5MB
Open (PDF) Final National Policy: Role of the EPA Inspector in Providing Compliance Assistance During Inspections (June 25, 2003) 13 0.2MB
Open (PDF) FY 1990 Guidance for Reporting and Evaluating POTW Noncompliance with Pretreatment Implementation Requirements (September 27, 1989) 14 5.3MB
Open (PDF) Generalized Methodology for Conducting Industrial Toxicity Reduction Evaluations (TREs), EPA-600/2-88/070 (April 1989) 15 7.6MB
Open (PDF) Guidance for 2004 Assessment, Listing and Reporting Requirements Pursuant to Sections 303(d) and 305(b) of the Clean Water Act; TMDL-01-03 (July 21, 2003) 16 0.3MB
Open (PDF) Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans, EPA QA/G-5, EPA/240/R-02/009 (December 2002) 17 0.4MB
Open (PDF) Guidance Manual for Developing Best Management Practices (BMP), EPA 833-B-93-004 (October 1993) 18 15.4MB
Open (PDF) Guidance Manual for Preparation and Review of Removal Credit Applications, EPA 833-B-85-200 (July 1985) 19 5.9MB
Open (PDF) Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Methods; Final Rule, Federal Register/Vol. 67 69953 (November 19, 2002) 20 0.2MB
Open (PDF) Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, Disclosure, Correction, and Prevention of Violations (May 11, 2000) 21 0.2MB
Open (PDF) Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs (April 1994) 22 8.2MB
Open (PDF) Industrial User Permitting Guidance Manual (September 1989) 23 13.7MB
Open (PDF) Interim Clean Water Act Settlement Penalty Policy (March 1, 1995) 24 0.2MB
Open (PDF) Interim Guidance for Performance-Based Reductions of NPDES Permit Monitoring Frequencies (April 1996) 25 0.2MB
Open (PDF) Interim Guidance on Implementation of Section 402(o) Anti-backsliding Rules for Water Quality-Based Permits 26 5.3MB
Open (PDF) Issuance of Final Supplemental Environmental Projects Policy (April 10, 1998) 27 0.06MB
Open (PDF) Local Limits Development Guidance, EPA 833-R-04-002A (July 2004) 28 2.3MB
  New Clean Water Act Civil Penalty Policy (February 11, 1986) 29 3.7MB
Open (PDF) NPDES Compliance Inspection Manual, EPA 305-X-03-004 (July 2004) 30 5.6MB
Open (PDF) NPDES Permits Unit Plan Calendar Years 2006-2008 31 0.5MB
Open (PDF) Pacific Northwest Water Quality Data Exchange, Trading Partner Agreement (December 28, 2004) 32 0.05MB
Open (PDF) Penalty Calculations for POTW Failure to Implement an Approved Pretreatment Program (December 22, 1988) 33 7.2MB
  Permit Writer's Guide to Water Quality-Based Permitting for Toxic Pollutants (February 20, 1987) 34 0.2MB
Open (PDF) Policy for the Development of Water Quality-Based Permit Limitations for Toxic Pollutants (February 3, 1984) 35 2.5MB
Open (PDF) Pretreatment Compliance Inspection and Audit Manual for Approval Authorities, EPA 833/B-86-100 (July 1986) 36 6.1MB
Open (PDF) Pretreatment Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Guidance (July 1986) 37 36.8MB
Open (PDF) Procedures for Processing Fundamentally Different Factors Variances (June 16, 1983) 38 0.2MB
Open (PDF) Procedures Manual for Reviewing a POTW Pretreatment Program Submission (October 1983) 39 6.6MB
Open (PDF) Representative Sampling in NPDES Permits (May 6, 1983) 40 0.1MB
Open (PDF) Role of the EPA Inspector in Providing Compliance Assistance Final Report, September 21, 1998. Electronic/2nd Printed Edition (Original Printing July 1, 1997) 41 0.4MB
Open (PDF) Technical Support Document for Water Quality-based Toxics Control, EPA/505/2-90-001 (March 1991) 42 26.6MB
Open (PDF) The Metals Translator: Guidance For Calculating A Total Recoverable Permit Limit From A Dissolved Criterion, EPA 823-B-96-007 (June 1996) 43 0.2MB
Open (PDF) Toxicity Reduction Evaluation Guidance for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants, EPA/833B-99/002 (August 1999) 44 0.4MB
Open (PDF) U.S. EPA NPDES Permit Writers’ Manual, EPA-833-B-96-003 (December 1996) 45 22.1MB
Open (PDF) Water Quality Standards Handbook: Second Edition, EPA 823-B-94-005a (August 1994) 46 17.2MB
Open (PDF) Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Control Policy, EPA 833-B-94-002 (July 1994) 47 10.2MB
Open (PDF) Writing NPDES BAT Permits in the Absence of Promulgated Effluent Guidelines (June 25, 1980) 48 0.6MB
Open (PDF) Clarifications Regarding Toxicity Reduction and Identification Evaluations in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (March 27, 2001) 49 0.08MB
Open (PDF) Interpretive Policy Memorandum on Reappliation Requirements for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems; Federal Register/Vol. 61, No. 155 (August 9, 1996) 50 1.0MB
Open (PDF) DEC Single Agency Coastal Management Consistency Review Procedures 51 .06MB
Open (PDF) State of Alaska Administrative Order No. 200, October 2, 2002, Office of the Governor 52 .015MB
Open (PDF) Compliance Monitoring Strategy for the Core Program and Wet Weather Sources 53 1.08MB
Open (PDF) Compliance and Enforcement Nartional Priority: Clean Water Act, Wet Weather, Storm Water 54 123KB
Open (PDF) Interim WWSNC Policy for CWA Violations Final 55 423KB
Open (PDF) Interim WWSNC Policy Attachment 1 56 962KB
Open (PDF) Interim WWSNC Policy Attachment 2 57 158KB
Open (PDF) Interim WWSNC Policy Attachment 3 58 204KB

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