[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 21]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR125.10]



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                   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.