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Bill would require Ecology to offer temperature trading option for NPDES permittees; Ecology and Puget Sound Partnership warn of limited market demand
Summary
HB 1290 would require Ecology to offer a water‑quality trading program as a compliance option for NPDES permittees discharging to water bodies with temperature TMDLs.
House Bill 1290 would require the Department of Ecology to offer a water‑quality trading program to NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permittees that discharge to water bodies subject to a temperature Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). The program in the bill would allow permittees not in compliance with temperature limits to use community‑ or market‑based trading to help meet permit requirements.
Matt Sterling, committee staff, reviewed the federal…
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