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U.S. EPA's Development of Aquaculture Effluent<br />

Limitation Guideline Regulations and <strong>the</strong> Role of <strong>the</strong> Joint<br />

Subcommittee on Aquaculture and O<strong>the</strong>r Stakeholders<br />

Michael L. Clipper<br />

United States Environmental Protection Agency<br />

Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division<br />

1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW (4303)<br />

Washington, DC 20460<br />

clipper.mike@epa.gov<br />

EPA is in <strong>the</strong> process of developing national effluent limitation guideline regulations for<br />

<strong>the</strong> Aquaculture industry. As part of this regulatory development work, EPA will<br />

summarize available information on aquaculture wastewater characterization, waste<br />

collection, storage, and treatment systems, and management practices. EPA will ga<strong>the</strong>r<br />

information on industry demographics and trends and will examine available economic<br />

data. EPA will examine environmental impacts that are associated with wastewater from<br />

aquaculture operations and existing case studies of <strong>the</strong> costs and effluent reduction<br />

benefits of controls to mitigate <strong>the</strong>se impacts. This information will be used to develop a<br />

profile of <strong>the</strong> industry and to determine economically achievable aquaculture technology<br />

options.<br />

EPA is obtaining aquaculture industry information from a variety of contributing sources<br />

for review and analysis. As part of this process, <strong>the</strong> EPA and <strong>the</strong> interagency federal Joint<br />

Subcommittee on Aquaculture (JSA) have agreed to work toge<strong>the</strong>r to create a national<br />

forum and systematic process that can foster broad stakeholder input to generate and<br />

report information and data related to <strong>the</strong> needs of EPA. The JSA has developed <strong>the</strong><br />

Aquaculture Effluents Study Task Force to assist EPA in <strong>the</strong>se efforts. Numerous<br />

Technical Subgroups linked to <strong>the</strong> Aquaculture Effluents Study Task Force are being<br />

formed for specific production systems and practices that are often species related. One of<br />

<strong>the</strong> Technical Subgroups includes Recirculating Aquaculture Systems. Each Technical<br />

Subgroup will assist EPA in addressing <strong>the</strong>ir data needs and will participate in reviewing<br />

draft materials. This presentation will provide an update of EPA's activities.<br />

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