Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water

This statewide general permit replaces the AKG520000 Seafood Processors in Alaska GP and applies to seafood processors operating onshore facilities in Alaska that discharge seafood waste to marine, estuarine, and fresh waters. The permit is effective June 1, 2022 and expires May 31, 2027. Applications for coverage under the AKG521000 Onshore Seafood Processors GP are due March 1, 2022 to ensure coverage under the AKG521000 GP by June 1, 2022. Existing coverage under the AKG520000 will expire upon the effective date of the AKG521000 GP (June 1, 2022).

Owners or Operators as defined in 18 AAC 83 must submit a NOI form for each facility seeking permit coverage. Applicants can apply online via the AKG521000 electronic (eNOI) webpage. Once permittees are issued an APDES AKG521000 authorization, continued authorization to discharge is contingent upon:

1. Compliance with AKG521000 permit requirements.
2. Permittees submitting:
   1. Monthly DMRs;
   2. Annual Reports by March 15 each year; and
   3. Updated NOIs for material changes to facilities in a timely manner.

2023 Permit Documents and Forms

• AKG521000 General Permit
• AKG521000 Fact Sheet
• AKG521000 Appendices
• AKG521000 Appendix J
• AKG521000 Attachments
• AKG521000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Form
• AKG521000 Excluded Areas Request Form
• AKG521000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Attachment
• AKG521000 Notice of Intent Instructions
• AKG521000 Annual Report Form
• AKG521000 Annual Report Attachment
• AKG521000 Electronic NOI (eNOI)
• Name Change / Ownership Transfer Form
• Notice of Termination (NOT) Form

Alaska Offshore Seafood Processors GP (2018 re-issuance)

This statewide general permit is a re-issuance of the Alaska Offshore Seafood Processors GP previously issued on May 23, 2011, and modified on August 21, 2012. The re-issued AKG523000 GP applies to stationary seafood processing vessels discharging between shore (0.0 nautical miles (nm) at MLLW) and 3.0 nm from shore, and in-transit seafood processing vessels and inland water discharge vessels discharging between 0.25 nm and 3.0 nm from Alaska’s shore as delineated by MLLW. The permit became effective January 1, 2019 and expires December 31, 2023.

Owners or Operators as defined in 18 AAC 83 must submit a NOI form for each vessel seeking permit coverage. Applicants can apply online via the AKG523000 electronic (eNOI) webpage. Once permittees are issued an APDES AKG523000 Authorization, continued authorization to discharge is contingent upon:

1. Compliance with AKG523000 permit requirements.
2. Permittees must submit:
1. Monthly DMRs (due quarterly)
2. Annual Reports by March 15 each year, and
3. Updated NOIs for material changes to facilities in a timely manner. A new NOI* is required if your vessel's discharge locations are different than the previous year.

2018 Permit Documents and Forms

• AKG523000 General Permit Documents (45 MB) (PDF)
• AKG523000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Form (PDF)
• AKG523000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Form (xlsx)
• Attachment A-2 Excluded Areas Request (PDF)
• Attachment F QAPP/BMP Certification (PDF)
• AKG523000 Annual Report Form (PDF)
• Attachment E-1 Daily Discharge(xlsx)
• Attachment E-2 Effluent and Receiving Water Monitoring (xlsx)
• AKG523000 electronic (eNOI) webpage
• Ownership Transfer Form (PDF)
• Notice of Termination (NOT) Form (PDF)

This general permit is a re-issuance of the Seafood Processors Operating Shorebased Facilities in Kodiak, Alaska GP previously issued on March 16, 1998. The re-issued AKG528000 GP applies to seafood processors operating onshore facilities in Kodiak, Alaska that discharge seafood waste to marine waters. The permit is effective June 1, 2021 and expires May 31, 2026.

Owners or Operators as defined in 18 AAC 83 must submit a NOI form for each facility seeking permit coverage. Applicants can apply online via the AKG528000 electronic (eNOI) webpage. Once permittees are issued an APDES AKG528000 authorization, continued authorization to discharge is contingent upon:

1. Compliance with AKG528000 permit requirements.
2. Permittees submitting:
   1. Monthly DMRs;
   2. Annual Reports by March 15 each year; and
   3. Updated NOIs for material changes to facilities in a timely manner.

2020 Permit Documents and Forms

• AKG528000 General Permit
• AKG528000 Appendices
• AKG528000 Attachments
• AKG528000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Form
• AKG528000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Attachment
• AKG528000 Sea Surface and Shoreline Visual Monitoring and Photo Log
• AKG528000 Seafloor Survey Summary Report
• AKG528000 Annual Report Form
• AKG528000 Annual Report Attachment
• AKG528000 Electronic NOI (eNOI)
• Name Change / Ownership Transfer Form
• Notice of Termination (NOT) Form

This statewide general permit applies to all concentrated aquatic animal production facilities (Aquaculture Facilities or Hatcheries) in Alaska that produce, hold, or contain 20,000 pounds or more of aquatic animals per year in ponds, raceways, or other similar structures; feed 5,000 pounds or more of food during a calendar month; and discharge at least 30 days per year.

On May 31, 2023, the Division of Water issued APDES General Permit for Aquaculture Facilities, AKG130000 (2023 Permit), with the permit effective date of October 1, 2023. On August 21, 2023, Requestors filed a request for adjudicatory hearing pursuant to 18 AAC 15.200 and a Request for a partial stay of permit provisions of the 2023 Permit.

Effective September 29, 2023, the Request to stay the Division’s May 31, 2023, issuance of AKG130000 was granted. The stay granted by the decision applies to stay the effective date of the 2023 Permit until such time as the adjudicatory hearing proceedings have concluded. The stay applies to all facilities covered by the 2023 Permit.

The permit that presently covers Aquaculture facilities in Alaska became effective on March 1, 2018, and was administratively extended on March 1, 2023. The extended authorizations under the 2018 general permit remain in full effect, and permittees should continue to operate and report in accordance with the 2018 AKG130000 general permit.

Owners or operators of multiple facilities must submit a separate NOI form for each site or facility. If requesting a Zone of Deposit, applicants must submit the information required in 18 AAC 70.210(b) with the NOI form.

Applicants are encouraged to submit their NOIs and compliance documents through the online EDMS system at https://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/Water/EDMS/ncore/external/home

Alternatively, applicants may submit paper copy NOIs to:

Department of Environmental Conservation

Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program

555 Cordova Street

Anchorage, AK 99501

Email: dec.water.seafoodpermitting@alaska.gov

Permit Documents and Forms (2018 issuance)

• AKG130000 General Permit Documents
• AKG130000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Form
• Ownership Transfer Form
• Notice of Termination (NOT) Form

Permit Documents and Forms (2023 issuance)

• AKG130000 General Permit
• AKG130000 Fact Sheet
• AKG130000 Notice of Intent (NOI) Form
• AKG130000 Annual Report Form
• Ownership Transfer Form
• Notice of Termination (NOT) Form

• NPDES AKG524000 Offshore Seafood Processors in Alaska GP Covers seafood processors that discharge more than 3.0 nm from shore at mean lower low water or baseline, whichever is farther. Permittees must contact EPA and submit the AKG524000 NOI to request authorization to discharge. See EPA's webpage for further information (permit and NOI).
• NPDES Vessel General Permit - Covers seafood processing vessel discharges when they are not operating as a processing vessel, but only acting in a mode of transportation. See EPA's webpage for further information (permit and NOI).