States who want to be authorized to administer the NPDES program submit to EPA a letter from the Governor requesting review and approval, along with a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), a Program Description, a Statement of Legal Authority (also known as an "Attorney Generals Statement" or "AG Statement"), and the underlying State Laws & Regulations under which the authorized program would operate. After a review process, EPA makes a decision as to whether the program should be approved. The table below contains the MOAs for all approved (authorized) NPDES programs.
On August 24, 2012, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Office of Water distributed Final Documents for Review of Existing State/EPA Memoranda of Agreement
EPA, with input from the states, developed review criteria , a checklist and a model NPDES MOA, as tools for EPA regions and states to use in reviewing an existing MOA, deciding whether revisions are needed, and in making appropriate revisions where necessary. These documents are not legally binding or enforceable and MOAs do not need to mirror the model. The model is an example that provides sample language as a reference tool.
The EPA expects that NPDES program MOAs will be reviewed by each state and EPA regional office at least once every four years in accordance with the four year cycle for integrated program reviews. NPDES Permit Quality Reviews and State Review Framework enforcement reviews were integrated under the Clean Water Act Action Plan, beginning in FY2013.
A summary table listing the approval dates for each state NPDES program and subprogram is also available.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- State NPDES Memorandum for Alabama (PDF)(32 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Alaska (PDF)(53 pp, 379 K)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Arizona (PDF)(26 pp, 1 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Arkansas (PDF)(63 pp, 8 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for California (PDF)(55 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Colorado (PDF)(14 pp, 4 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Connecticut (PDF)(12 pp, 3 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Delaware (PDF)(16 pp, 683 K)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Florida (PDF)(30 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Georgia (PDF)(35 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Hawaii (PDF)(56 pp, 8 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Illinois (PDF)(27 pp, 4 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Indiana (PDF)(31 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Iowa (PDF)(156 pp, 61 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Kansas (PDF)(24 pp, 1 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Kentucky (PDF)(30 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Louisiana (PDF)(108 pp, 3 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Maine (PDF)(27 pp, 1 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Maryland (PDF)(24 pp, 5 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Michigan (PDF)(35 pp, 4 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Minnesota (PDF)(40 pp, 6 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Mississippi (PDF)(29 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Missouri (PDF)(8 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Montana (PDF)(17 pp, 3 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Nebraska (PDF)(9 pp, 1 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Nevada (PDF)(23 pp, 4 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for New Jersey (PDF)(37 pp, 8 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for New York (PDF)(32 pp, 11 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for North Carolina (PDF)(30 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for North Dakota (PDF)(25 pp, 4 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Ohio (PDF)(23 pp, 4 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Oregon (PDF)(36 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Pennsylvania (PDF)(14 pp, 3 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Rhode Island (PDF)(41 pp, 6 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for South Carolina (PDF)(31 pp, 18 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for South Dakota (PDF)(14 pp, 3 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Tennessee (PDF)(30 pp, 2 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Texas (PDF)(65 pp, 648 K)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Utah (PDF)(21 pp, 6 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Vermont (PDF)(33 pp, 5 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Virgin Islands (PDF)(19 pp, 6 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Virginia (PDF)(31 pp, 1 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Washington (PDF)(19 pp, 4 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for West Virginia (PDF)(35 pp, 7 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Wisconsin (PDF)(28 pp, 6 MB)
- State NPDES Memorandum for Wyoming (PDF)(26 pp, 17 MB)