[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR125.10]

[Page 289]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 125--CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B--Criteria for Issuance of Permits to Aquaculture Projects
 
Sec. 125.10  Purpose and scope.


    (a) These regulations establish guidelines under sections 318 and 
402 of the Act for approval of any discharge of pollutants associated 
with an aquaculture project.
    (b) The regulations authorize, on a selective basis, controlled 
discharges which would otherwise be unlawful under the Act in order to 
determine the feasibility of using pollutants to grow aquatic organisms 
which can be harvested and used beneficially. EPA policy is to encourage 
such projects, while at the same time protecting other beneficial uses 
of the waters.
    (c) Permits issued for discharges into aquaculture projects under 
this subpart are NPDES permits and are subject to the applicable 
requirements of parts 122, 123 and 124. Any permit shall include such 
conditions (including monitoring and reporting requirements) as are 
necessary to comply with those parts. Technology-based effluent 
limitations need not be applied to discharges into the approved project 
except with respect to toxic pollutants.