WQDAIRY |
Dairy |
Any farm licensed to produce milk under Chapter 15.36 RCW. This definition is further restricted to include only those facilities that are producing bovine milk (as opposed to goat milk), and excludes other dairy-related operations such as replacement heifer rearing farms. It should be noted that some dairies have more than one milking parlor and therefore have more than one license. |
APALGAEGP |
AP Aquatic Plant and Algae Management GP |
General permit to regulate application of herbicides and other products used in lakes to treat plants or algae in order to protect state waters. |
APFISHIP |
AP Fish Management IP |
Individual permit issued to WA State Fish and Wildlife (WFDW) that regulates the discharge of two fish eradication chemicals (rotenone and antimycin A used to control undesirable fish species) in order to protect waters of the state. |
APFISHRMGP |
AP Fisheries Resource Management GP |
Fisheries Resource Management Permit issued to WA WDFW Rotenone permit |
APINVAQG |
AP Aquatic Invasive Species Ma |
General permit issued to regulate the application of chemicals (used to control non-native invasive aquatic animals and non-native invasive marine algae) in order to protect state waters. |
APMOSQGP |
AP Aquatic Mosquito Control GP |
General permit issued to regulate mosquito control districts and government entities that apply specified control chemicals (used to control mosquitoes and mosquito larvae) in order to protect state waters. |
APMOTHIP |
AP Invasive Moth Control IP |
Individual permit issued to WA State Dept of Agriculture to regulate insecticides (used to control invasive moths) applied to vegetation within and overhanging surface waters in order to protect state waters. |
APNXWEEG |
AP Aquatic Noxious Weed Manage |
The general permit covers the indirect discharge of herbicides, adjuvants, and marker dyes into estuaries, marine areas, wetlands, along lake shorelines, rivers, streams, and other wet areas to manage Spartina and freshwater noxious weeds in Washington. An indirect discharge occurs when there may be incidental overspray or dripping of a chemical from the treated plants into waters of the state. |
APOYSTERIP |
AP Oyster Growers IP |
Individual permit issued to Willapa Bay/Grays Harbor Oyster Growers and to Farm and Forest Helicopter Service Inc. to regulate application of carbaryl (used to control burrowing shrimp) to state waters. |
APWEEDGP |
AP Irrigation System Aquatic Weed Control GP |
General permit issued to regulate applicators of herbicides to control aquatic weeds in irrigation water conveyance systems |
BOATGP |
Boatyard GP |
General permit issued to boatyards to regulate discharges of pollutants to state waters from boatyard construction, maintenance and repair activities |
BRIDGEWASHGP |
Bridge Washing GP |
General permit for bridge washing by WSDOT, counties, cities, etc |
CAFOGP |
CAFO GP |
General permit issued to regulate operators of concentrated animal feeding operations that discharge to state waters. |
CAFOIP |
Cafo NPDES IP |
Individual NPDES permit issued to regulate operators of concentrated animal feeding operations that discharge to state waters. |
CONSTSWGP |
Construction SW GP |
General permit issued to owner/operators of construction projects that disturb one or more acres of land through clearing, grading, excavating, or stockpiling of fill materials that discharge stormwater to state waters. |
DAIRY |
Dairy Unpermitted |
Unpermitted dairy (Facility Site place holder) |
FISHGP |
Upland Fish Hatchery GP |
General permit issued to operators of upland fin-fish hatching and rearing operations to regulate discharges to state waters |
FISHNETPENS |
Fish Net Pens |
In-water structures that raise or hold fish. This separates these facilities from upland hatchery/fish rearing structures. They will all have NPDES permits. Some are in freshwater and some marine, but all will be located in a waterbody, not on land. |
FRUITGP |
Fruit Packer GP |
General permit issued to fruit packers to regulate discharges of process wastewater and stormwater to state waters. |
IND2GROUNDSWDP |
Industrial to ground SWDP IP |
Industrial to ground SWDP IP |
IND2POTWPRIVSWDP |
Industrial to POTW/Private SWD |
Industrial state waste discharge permit for facilities that discharge pretreated wastewater to a public or privately owned treatment works (POTW). |
INDNPDESIP |
Industrial NPDES IP |
Individual NPDES and state permits issued to industries to regulate discharges of process wastewater to state waters. |
INDSWGP |
Industrial SW GP |
General permit issued to industries to regulate the discharge of contaminated stormwater to state waters. |
MARIJUANA |
Marijuana Growers |
This interaction is used for marijuana growers that fill out the checklist Ecology provides when they call and ask whether they will need a permit. |
MS4P1GP |
Municipal SW Phase I GP |
General permit issued to municipalities with populations greater than 100,000 to regulate stormwater discharges from municipal stormwater collection systems to state waters. |
MS4P2EASTGP |
Municipal SW Phase II Eastern WA GP |
General permit issued to all operators of regulated small municipal stormwater collection systems to regulate stormwater discharges to state waters in eastern WA. |
MS4P2WESTGP |
Municipal SW Phase II Western WA GP |
General permit issued to operators of small municipal stormwater collection systems to regulate stormwater discharges to state waters in Western Washington. |
MUNI2GROUNDSWDP |
Municipal to ground SWDP IP |
Municipal to ground SWDP IP |
MUNINPDESIP |
Municipal NPDES IP |
Individual NPDES and state permits issued to municipalities and other public entities to regulate discharges of treated domestic wastewater to state waters. |
NONPOINT |
NONPOINT |
A facility or site that is discharging polluted runoff from urban, agriculture, forestry or other practices and does not have a water quality permit. |
RECLAIMSWDP |
Reclaimed Water IP |
Individual permit issued to a generator of reclaimed water that regulates the location, the rate, the quality, and the purpose of use of the reclaimed water. |
SANDGP |
Sand and Gravel GP |
General permit issued to sand and gravel mining operators to regulate the discharge of pollutants to state waters. |
VESSELDECONSGP |
Vessel Deconstruction GP |
Vessel Deconstruction GP |
WATERCOLLECTGP |
Tributary Wastewater Collection System GP |
General permit issued to operators of tributary domestic wastewater collection systems not regulated under an individual permit. |
WATERTREATGP |
Water Treatment Plant GP |
General permit issued to water treatment plants to regulate the discharge of backwash (generated during potable water production) to state waters. |
WINEGP |
Winery GP |
General permit issued to regulate wineries that discharge process wastewater to state waters. |
WSDOTMSWGP |
WSDOT Municipal SW GP |
General permit issues to the WA State Department of Transportation to regulate its discharge of stormwater (runoff from state highways, rest areas, park and ride lots, ferry terminals, and maintenance facilities) to state waters. |