||Page updated/verified: Apr 08, 2013 NPDES CAFO Permit To view
PDF files, download Acrobat Reader. If a facility discharges
pollutants without a permit, or has a permit but does not meet
the permit requirements, the facility not only violates
Washington law, but also violates the federal Clean Water Act.
Its owner or operator could be subject to enforcement. Federal
Clean Water Act and the NPDES CAFO Permit The federal Clean
Water Act created a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Program to protect and improve water quality by
regulating point source dischargers. Point source dischargers
are operations that discharge pollutants from discrete
conveyances directly into waters of the United States. Point
source dischargers are regulated by NPDES permits. The NPDES
permit for livestock operations is called the Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) permit. An NPDES CAFO is a no
discharge permit. The permit: Washington State CAFO Permit
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