EPA's Region 6 Office
Serving: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 66 Tribal Nations
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are agricultural operations where animals are kept and raised in confined situations. Manure and wastewater from CAFOs have the potential to contribute pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus, organic matter, sediment, pathogens, heavy metals, hormones, antibiotics, and ammonia to the environment. Animal waste can enter water bodies from spills or breaks of waste storage structures, due to accidents or excessive rain, and non-agricultural application of manure to crop land.
The NPDES program regulates the discharge of pollutants from CAFOs to waters of the United States. EPA Region 6 directly implements the CAFO program in Oklahoma and New Mexico. The states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas have been authorized by EPA to implement the CAFO program in their respective states. EPA acts in an oversight and technical assistance role for these state programs.
For information concerning compliance assurance and enforcement of federal CAFO regulations in Region 6, please contact Dr. Abu Senkayi, EPA Region 6 Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Division, at (214) 665-8403 or visit the Region 6 Water Enforcement CAFO webpage.
NPDES General Permit for Discharges from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in New Mexico (NMG010000), Effective September 3, 2009.
Please note that minor modifications were made to the permit on November 9, 2009, in accordance with regulations listed at 40 CFR 122.63(a). The revisions reflect administrative changes to correct typographical errors made in references to Part III.A.7.f in Parts III.A.6.a and V.2.l.ii. The reference to Part II.A.4.d in Part II.A.4.f has also been corrected to refer to Part II.A.4.f. On August 10, 2010, EPA's mailing address was corrected in Part V.1 of the permit. The updated permit may be accessed below.
- Federal Register Notice (PDF) (22KB)
- Final Permit (PDF) (343KB)
- Response to Comments (PDF) (218KB)
- Final Fact Sheet (PDF) (185KB)
NPDES General Permit for Discharges from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Oklahoma (OKG010000), effective February 1, 2012.
For additional information, please contact:
Regional CAFO Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733
Phone: (214) 665-7182
FAX: (214) 665-2191