EPA Releases Compendium of State and Regional NPDES Nutrient Permitting Approaches

This week EPA released the Compendium of State and Regional NPDES Nutrient Permitting Approaches, which is a collection of state practices for controlling the adverse effects of nutrient pollution through NPDES permits, including Permitting Critical Conditions, Performance Based Approaches, Water Quality Trading, and Watershed-Based Permitting.

The compendium may be found at: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-04/compendium-of-npdes-nutrient-permitting-approaches.pdf

For questions regarding this compendium, please contact Danielle Stephan at stephan.danielle@epa.gov