Water Quality Permit Renewal and Fact Sheet

We invite you to review and comment on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit renewal and Fact Sheet for Puget Sound Energy Ferndale Generating Station.

Review the documents

• Draft permit
• Support document explaining the permit

Requesting a public hearing for oral comments

You may request a public hearing to ask questions and submit verbal comments. To request a hearing, contact Tara Roberts, Industrial Section, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600, tara.roberts@ecy.wa.gov. If we determine there is significant public interest during this comment period to hold a hearing, we will extend the comment period to allow at least 30 days notice of the hearing and publish the time, date and location.

What happens next

When the comment period ends, we'll review the comments received and make a final decision on issuing the permit.

Background

Puget Sound Energy owns an electricity generating station at 5105 Lake Terrell Road in Ferndale, WA, which is operated by NAES Corporation. Ecology issued the previous NPDES permit on June 11, 2020. PSE Ferndale Generating Station discharges:

• Treated water to the Strait of Georgia through Phillips 66 Refinery’s Outfall 001.
• Treated stormwater from Outfall 002 to a stormwater conveyance ditch on Lake Terrell Road, to an unnamed tributary, and then to Lummi Bay.