Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0058-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-03-21T05:00Z

FORM
APPROVED
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OMB
CONTROL
NO.
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EXPIRATION
DATE:
XX/
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Detailed
Questionnaire
for
the
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
May
2001
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
Office
of
Wastewater
Management
Washington,
DC
Notice
of
Estimated
Burden
EPA
estimates
that
completion
of
the
entire
Detailed
Questionnaire
for
the
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
will
require
an
average
of
23
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31
hours
per
facility
depending
on
the
type
of
respondent.
This
estimate
includes
time
for
reading
the
instructions
and
reviewing
the
information
necessary
to
respond
to
the
questionnaire
form.
Any
comments
regarding
EPA's
need
for
the
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimate,
and
suggested
methods
for
reducing
respondent
burden
(
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques)
should
be
addressed
to:
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2822),
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460.
Please
include
the
OMB
Control
Number,
listed
in
the
left­
hand
margin
on
this
page,
with
any
correspondence.
Do
not
send
the
completed
survey
to
this
address.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
U.
S.
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
COLLECTION
OF
AQUATIC
ANIMAL
PRODUCTION
INDUSTRY
DATA
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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PART
A
TECHNICAL
INFORMATION
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PART
B
ECONOMIC
AND
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
 
Private
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PART
B
ECONOMIC
AND
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
 
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PART
B
ECONOMIC
AND
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
 
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PART
C
CERTIFICATION
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Appendix
A
SPECIES
LIST
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1
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
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L
L
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EPA
AQUATIC
ANIMAL
PRODUCTION
SURVEY
HELP
LINES
Questions
about
Technical
Information
Tetra
Tech,
Inc.
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(
888)
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E­
mail
Address
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aqua_
parta@
tetratech­
ffx.
com
Questions
about
Financial
and
Economic
Information
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
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aqua_
partb@
erg.
com
INTRODUCTION
The
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
is
conducting
a
survey
of
the
aquatic
animal
production
(
animal
aquaculture)
industry
as
part
of
its
effort
to
develop
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
for
the
industry.
The
technical
data
collected
in
this
survey
will
be
used
to
determine
how
water
is
used
to
produce
aquatic
animals,
how
much
wastewater
is
generated
and
leaves
aquatic
animal
production
facilities,
and
the
pollutant
control
practices
used
before
water
leaves
a
facility.
The
financial
and
economic
data
will
be
used
to
characterize
the
economic
status
of
the
industry
and
to
estimate
the
possible
economic
impacts
of
wastewater
regulations.

COMPLETION
OF
THE
SURVEY
Each
question
should
be
completed
by
the
person(
s)
most
knowledgeable
about
the
information
requested.
All
facilities
must
have
the
corporate
official
or
designee
responsible
for
directing
or
supervising
the
completion
of
the
survey
sign
one
of
the
Certification
Statements
in
Part
C
(
page
C­
1
or
C­
2)
to
verify
and
validate
the
information
provided.

EPA
has
prepared
this
survey
to
be
applicable
to
a
variety
of
facilities;
therefore,
not
all
of
the
questions
will
apply
to
each
facility.
Complete
each
applicable
item
in
the
survey.
In
the
event
that
exact
data
are
not
available,
provide
best
estimates
and
note
the
methods
that
were
used
to
make
the
estimates
on
the
Comments
page.
General
instructions
are
provided
on
page
v,
and
additional
instructions
are
provided
with
each
question.
General,
technical,
and
financial
definitions
are
provided
in
the
Definitions
section,
starting
on
page
vi.

AUTHORITY
This
survey
is
conducted
under
the
authority
of
Section
308
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
(
Federal
Water
Pollution
Control
Act,
33
U.
S.
C.
Section
1318).
All
facilities
that
receive
this
survey
must
respond
to
it.
Return
all
portions
of
the
survey
to
EPA
within
45
days
of
receiving
it.
Late
filing
or
failure
to
comply
with
these
instructions
may
result
in
criminal
fines,
civil
penalties,
and
other
sanctions,
as
provided
by
law.

If
you
wish
to
request
an
extension
for
your
facility
or
discuss
an
alternative
delivery
schedule
for
a
company
with
multiple
facilities,
you
must
do
so
in
writing
within
20
days
of
receipt
of
this
survey.
Send
written
requests
to:

Ms.
Marta
Jordan
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
4303)
Ariel
Rios
Building
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW
Washington,
DC
20460
Extension
requests
will
be
evaluated
on
a
case­
by­
case
basis.
Submission
of
an
extension
request
to
EPA
does
not
automatically
alter
the
due
date
of
your
survey.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
iv
L
Y
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
DATA
CONFIDENTIALITY
Regulations
governing
the
confidentiality
of
business
information
are
contained
in
the
Code
of
Federal
Regulations
(
CFR)
at
Title
40
Part
2,
Subpart
B.
You
may
assert
a
business
confidentiality
claim
covering
part
or
all
of
the
information
you
submit,
other
than
effluent
data,
as
described
in
40
CFR
2.203(
b):

(
b)
Method
and
time
of
asserting
business
confidentiality
claim.
A
business
which
is
submitting
information
to
EPA
may
assert
a
business
confidentiality
claim
covering
the
information
by
placing
on
(
or
attaching
to)
the
information,
at
the
time
it
is
submitted
to
EPA,
a
cover
sheet,
stamped
or
typed
legend,
or
other
suitable
form
of
notice
employing
language
such
as
"
trade
secret,"
"
proprietary,"
or
"
company
confidential."
Allegedly
confidential
portions
of
otherwise
nonconfidential
documents
should
be
clearly
identified
by
the
business,
and
may
be
submitted
separately
to
facilitate
identification
and
handling
by
EPA.
If
the
business
desires
confidential
treatment
only
until
a
certain
date
or
until
the
occurrence
of
a
certain
event,
the
notice
should
so
state.

If
no
business
confidentiality
claim
accompanies
the
information
when
it
is
received
by
EPA,
EPA
may
make
the
information
available
to
the
public
without
further
notice.

You
may
claim
as
confidential
all
information
included
in
the
response
to
a
question
by
checking
the
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
box
next
to
the
corresponding
question
number.
Alternatively,
all
responses
to
questions
in
this
survey
accompanied
by
a
CBI
box
may
be
claimed
confidential
now
by
checking
the
box
at
the
end
of
this
paragraph.
If
you
do
not
check
this
box,
any
individual
response
where
"
CBI"
is
not
checked
will
be
considered
nonconfidential.
Note
that
you
may
be
required
to
justify
any
claim
of
confidentiality
at
a
later
time.
Note
also
that
plant
effluent
data
are
not
eligible
for
confidential
treatment
because
of
Section
308(
b)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act,
and
thus
will
be
treated
as
nonconfidential
even
if
you
check
the
"
All
eligible
data
are
CBI"
box
below.

Information
covered
by
a
claim
of
confidentiality
will
be
disclosed
by
EPA
only
to
the
extent,
and
by
means
of
the
procedures,
set
forth
in
40
CFR
Part
2,
Subpart
B.
In
general,
submitted
information
protected
by
a
business
confidentiality
claim
may
be
disclosed
to
other
employees,
officers,
or
authorized
representatives
of
the
United
States
concerned
with
implementing
the
Clean
Water
Act.

Information
covered
by
a
claim
of
confidentiality
will
be
made
available
to
EPA
contractors
and
subcontractors
under
EPA
contracts
68­
C­
99­
263,
68­
C­
99­
233,
68­
C­
99­
242,
and
68­
C6­
0022
to
enable
the
contractors
to
perform
the
work
required
by
their
contracts
with
EPA.
All
EPA
contracts
provide
that
contractor
employees
may
use
the
information
only
for
the
purpose
of
performing
the
work
required
by
their
contracts.
Contractor
employees
may
not
disclose
any
CBI
to
anyone
other
than
EPA
without
prior
written
approval
from
each
affected
business
or
from
EPA's
legal
office.
Any
comments
you
may
wish
to
make
on
this
issue
must
be
submitted
in
writing
along
with
your
completed
survey.
All
eligible
data
are
CBI
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EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
v
Y
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Read
all
question­
specific
instructions
and
definitions.
Carefully
read
the
definitions
provided,
starting
on
page
vi.
The
definitions
are
provided
to
assist
you
in
completing
the
survey.

Mark
responses
for
each
question.
Fill
in
the
appropriate
response(
s)
to
each
question.
Please
use
black
ink
or
type
in
the
spaces
provided.
If
the
space
allowed
for
the
answer
to
any
question
is
inadequate
for
your
complete
response,
continue
the
response
in
the
Comments
area
at
the
end
of
each
part
of
the
survey,
cross­
referencing
the
appropriate
question
number
unless
otherwise
directed.
If
additional
attachments
are
required
to
clarify
a
response,
place
the
associated
question
number
and
your
site
ID
number
(
shown
on
the
cover
page)
in
the
top
right
corner
of
each
page
of
the
attachments.

Answer
all
questions
unless
instructed
otherwise.
The
purpose
of
this
survey
is
to
gather
all
available
information
pertinent
to
aquatic
animal
production
operations.
Use
only
whole
numbers,
unless
instructed
otherwise.
If
a
question
is
not
applicable
to
your
facility,
write
"
NA."
As
noted
throughout
the
survey,
you
are
requested
to
provide
best
estimates
when
data
are
not
readily
available.
If
you
provide
an
estimate,
note
the
methods
you
used
to
make
the
estimate
with
the
question
or
on
the
Comments
page
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
EPA
does
not
intend
for
facilities
to
conduct
detailed
studies
to
obtain
the
data.
If
you
have
any
technical
questions,
please
call
the
Technical
Information
Help
Line
at
(
888)
733­
1449
or
e­
mail
your
questions
to
aqua_
parta@
tetratech­
ffx.
com.
If
you
have
any
financial
or
economic
questions,
please
call
the
Financial
and
Economics
Information
Help
Line
at
(
800)
566­
7364
or
e­
mail
your
questions
to
aqua_
partb@
erg.
com.

Photocopy
selected
pages.
Some
pages
in
this
survey
may
need
to
be
photocopied
before
you
respond.
Indicate
how
many
copies
of
the
page
you
are
submitting
by
completing
the
entry
"
Copy
___
of
___"
in
the
top
right
corner.

Pay
close
attention
to
the
measurement
units
requested
in
each
question.
Report
answers
in
the
units
specified.

Enter
zero
(
0)
where
appropriate.
Leave
an
entry
blank
only
if
instructed
to
do
so;
otherwise,
if
the
answer
is
zero,
enter
a
zero
(
0).

Indicate
information
that
should
be
treated
as
confidential.
Please
follow
the
instructions
given
in
the
"
Provisions
Regarding
Data
Confidentiality"
section
on
page
iv.
If
information
for
a
given
question
is
considered
Confidential
Business
Information,
indicate
this
by
checking
the
box
next
to
each
question
as
desired
or
by
checking
the
"
All
eligible
data
are
CBI"
box
on
page
iv.
If
the
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data
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not
checked,
any
question
response
where
the
corresponding
"
CBI"
box
is
not
checked
will
be
considered
nonconfidential.

Sign
and
return
one
of
the
Certification
Statements
in
Part
C
(
page
C­
1
or
C­
2).
Submit
the
Certification
Statement
with
the
completed
survey.

Questions.
If
you
have
any
technical
questions,
please
call
the
Technical
Information
Help
Line
(
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by
Tetra
Tech,
Inc.,
EPA's
Technical
Contractor)
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or
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tetratech.
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If
you
have
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economic
questions,
please
call
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Financial
and
Economics
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Research
Group,
Inc.,
EPA's
Economics
Contractor)
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e­
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questions
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aqua_
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The
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lines
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Monday
through
Friday
from
9:
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until
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00
p.
m.,
Eastern
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Time.

Retain
a
copy
of
the
completed
survey
for
your
records.
EPA
will
review
the
information
submitted
and
might
request
your
cooperation
in
answering
follow­
up
clarification
questions
to
complete
the
data
collection
effort.
Please
keep
a
copy
of
the
completed
survey,
including
attachments,
in
case
you
(
i.
e.,
the
contact
identified
in
Question
3)
are
contacted
to
clarify
your
responses.
Also,
please
maintain
a
record
of
sources
used
to
complete
the
survey.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
vi
Y
L
DEFINITIONS
Accrual
method
of
accounting.
A
method
of
financial
accounting
whereby
events
(
generation
of
income
or
revenue,
incurring
expenses,
etc.)
that
change
the
financial
position
of
a
business
are
recorded
in
the
time
period
in
which
the
events
actually
occur.
Income
or
revenue
is
recorded
when
earned,
and
expenses
are
recorded
when
incurred.
This
method
is
in
contrast
to
the
cash
method
of
accounting,
in
which
revenue
is
recorded
only
when
cash
is
received
and
expenses
are
recorded
only
when
cash
is
paid.

Aeration
lagoon
(
aeration
pond).
Ponds
that
use
constant
mixing
of
solids
in
the
lagoon
to
enhance
nitrification
and
biological
removal
of
BOD.

Aquatic
animal
production.
Animal
aquaculture,
including
the
production
of
finfish,
mollusks,
crustaceans,
and
other
aquatic
animals.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
aquaculture
and
aquatic
animal
production
are
considered
to
mean
the
same
thing.

Balance
sheet.
Also
referred
to
as
a
statement
of
financial
position.
A
financial
document
that
lists
the
total
assets
controlled
by
a
company
and
the
total
claims
against
them
(
debt
and
equity)
at
a
specific
point
in
time
(
e.
g.,
December
31,
2000).

Best
estimates.
EPA
understands
that
some
respondents
may
not
have
all
of
the
data
being
requested
at
the
level
of
detail
being
asked
in
the
survey.
EPA
believes
that
if
an
aquaculture
operator,
in
good
faith,
estimates
information
provided
in
response
to
the
survey,
any
resulting
rules
would
be
more
accurate
and
sensitive
to
the
unique
situations
at
individual
farms.
A
best
estimate
is
one
that
the
respondent,
to
the
best
of
his/
her
knowledge,
believes
to
be
reasonable
and
representative.
It
is
made
in
good
faith,
without
the
intent
to
purposefully
misrepresent
data.

Cash
method
of
accounting.
A
method
of
financial
accounting
in
which
sales
or
income
is
recorded
only
when
cash
is
actually
received
and
expenses
are
recorded
only
when
cash
is
actually
paid,
regardless
of
the
time
when
the
agreement
and/
or
obligation
to
sell,
purchase,
or
otherwise
pay
occurred.

CBI.
Confidential
Business
Information.

Clarifier.
Type
of
sedimentation
basin
or
tank
used
to
settle
solids.

Co­
located
crops.
Crops
that
are
raised
in
the
same
production
system
(
ponds,
tanks,
raceways,
etc.)
as
the
aquatic
animal
product.
The
most
common
pair
is
rice
and
crawfish.

Company.
For
purposes
of
this
survey,
the
term
"
company"
includes
sole
proprietorships,
partnerships,
and
corporations
(
a
family
owned
farm
may
be
any
one
of
these
three).
A
company
is
a
legal
entity
that
has
rights
to
own
property,
hire
employees,
and
loan/
borrow
money.
Typically,
company
income
and
expenses
are
reported
on
IRS
Schedule
F,
Schedule
C,
Form
1120,
or
Form
1120S.
A
company
may
own
more
than
one
farm/
facility.

Composting.
An
aerobic
process
to
stabilize
sludge
(
manure)
by
reducing
organic
concentrations,
reclaiming
nutrients,
and
eliminating
pathogens.

Cost
method
of
balance
sheet
valuation
 
also
referred
to
as
historical
costs,
historical
proceeds,
or
book
value
method.
A
method
that
generally
uses
the
initial
cost
of
an
asset
minus
its
accumulated
depreciation
for
asset
valuation
and
the
original
amount
of
cash
or
equivalent
received
(
sometimes
adjusted
for
amortization
or
other
allocation)
for
a
liability.

Discharge.
For
the
purposes
of
this
study,
water
that
is
no
longer
being
used
for
production
of
an
aquatic
animal
species.
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
vii
Y
L
L
Effluent.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
effluent
is
defined
as
production
water
from
an
aquatic
animal
production
facility
that
is
no
longer
being
used
for
aquatic
animal
production
and
leaves
the
facility
property.
Effluent
is
the
same
as
wastewater.

Effluent
limitation.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
restrictions
(
either
numerical
or
narrative
in
form)
on
the
amount
or
type
of
pollutants
that
are
allowed
in
an
effluent
from
an
aquatic
animal
production
facility.
The
restrictions
can
be
in
the
concentration,
rate,
or
total
mass
of
a
pollutant
that
is
permissible
in
water
from
an
aquatic
animal
production
production
facility
that
leaves
the
facility
property.
BMPs
are
effluent
limitations
in
a
narrative
form.

Effluent
limitations
guideline
or
standard.
The
regulation
setting
restrictions
on
the
amount
or
type
of
pollutant
allowed
in
an
effluent
from
a
facility.
Regulations
for
effluent
limitations
are
implemented
through
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
(
NPDES)
permits.

Facility.
Generally
one
contiguous
physical
location
at
which
aquatic
animal
production
operations
occur.
In
some
instances,
it
may
include
property
located
within
separate
fence
lines
but
close
to
each
other
and
under
the
same
ownership.
An
individual
farm
is
considered
a
facility.

Fee­
fishing
operation.
For
purposes
of
this
survey,
defined
as
a
"
fish­
out"
pond,
"
pound"
lake,
or
"
pay­
by­
the­
pound"
lake.
These
operations
charge
anglers
for
the
right
to
fish
or
for
any
fish
that
are
caught.

Financial
statements.
Balance
sheet
and
income
statement
that
were
derived
from
accounting
records
according
to
"
Financial
Guidelines
for
Agricultural
Producers,"
recommendations
of
the
Farm
Financial
Standards
Council,
or
generally
accepted
accounting
principles
(
GAAP).

Fingerling.
For
purposes
of
this
survey,
defined
as
a
young
fish
2
to
6
inches
in
length
or
2
to
60
lbs
per
1,000
fish.

Food­
size
fish.
For
purposes
of
this
survey,
defined
as
over
3/
4
lb
per
fish.

Fry.
For
purposes
of
this
survey,
defined
as
very
young
post­
hatched
fish
that
are
less
than
2
inches
in
length
or
less
than
2
lbs
per
1,000
fish.

Hybrid
striped
bass.
A
cross
of
Morone
species,
including
palmetto
bass
(
striped
bass
female
and
white
bass
male)
or
sunshine
bass
(
white
bass
female
and
striped
bass
male),
is
generally
used
for
food­
size
fish
production.
Other
hybrid
crosses
include
the
Maryland
bass
(
white
perch
female
and
striped
bass
male),
the
Virginia
bass
(
striped
bass
female
and
white
perch
male),
and
the
paradise
bass
(
striped
bass
female
and
yellow
bass
male).

Incineration.
The
process
of
drying
and
reducing
sludge
(
manure)
volume
and
weight
by
using
thermal
combustion.

Income
statement.
Also
referred
to
as
a
profit/
loss
statement.
This
statement
measures
the
results
of
operations
by
presenting
the
income
and
expenses
of
a
business
during
a
specific
accounting
period.

Irrigation
treatment
system.
System
in
which
wastewater
is
applied
to
crops,
vegetative
cover,
or
forest
land
by
sprinkler
or
surface
infiltration
techniques.
The
soil
and
vegetation
serve
as
a
treatment
for
the
wastewater.

Land
application.
The
process
of
applying
sludge
(
manure)
to
land
if
suitable
land,
such
as
agricultural
land,
is
nearby.

Land
disposal.
Application
of
sludge
(
manure)
at
a
landfill,
a
technique
used
for
residual
sludge
(
manure)
disposal.

Market
value
method
of
balance
sheet
valuation
 
Also
referred
to
as
current
market
value
or
fair
market
value
method.
A
method
that
generally
uses
an
estimate
of
the
amount
of
cash,
or
its
equivalent,
that
could
be
obtained
by
selling
an
asset
at
a
fair
market
price.
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
viii
Y
L
L
L
Mollusks.
Invertebrate
animals
with
soft
body
coverings
and
shells
of
1
to
18
parts
or
sections.
This
category
includes
clams,
mussels,
and
oysters.
Examples
of
mollusks
in
the
"
other"
mollusk
category
are
abalone
and
snails.

Native
species.
An
original
or
indigenous
species
to
the
region.

Non­
native
species.
A
species
not
indigenous
to
the
region
in
which
it
is
found.

Other
aquatic
animal
production.
The
production
of
any
aquatic
animal
species
not
listed
seperately
(
i.
e.
alligators,
frogs,
turtles,
egg
and
seed
stock,
etc.).

Ozonation.
Use
of
triatomic
oxygen
molecule
(
O
3)
to
disinfect
water
and
remove
solids.

Point
source.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
a
discrete,
confined,
discernible
conveyance
from
which
pollutants
are
discharged
off
the
property
of
an
aquatic
animal
production
facility.

Pollutant
(
to
water).
Generally
defined
as
dredged
spoil,
solid
waste,
incinerator
residue,
filter
backwash,
sewage,
garbage,
sewage
sludge,
munitions,
chemical
wastes,
biological
materials,
certain
radioactive
materials,
heat,
wrecked
or
discarded
equipment,
rock,
sand,
cellar
dirt,
and
industrial,
municipal,
and
agricultural
waste
discharged
into
water.
(
See
Clean
Water
Act
Section
502(
6);
40
CFR
122.2.)
Other
items
considered
as
pollutants
include
feed,
drugs,
herbicides,
pesticides,
antimicrobials,
cleaners,
water
softeners,
water
clarifiers,
and
chlorinators
(
any
chemicals
added
to
water).
In
aquatic
animal
production,
pollutants
could
include
feed,
drugs,
herbicides,
pesticides,
manure,
nutrients,
uneaten
feed,
sediment,
and
any
other
chemicals
or
substances
added
to
the
water
prior
to
discharge.

POTW.
Publicly
owned
treatment
works.
A
treatment
works,
as
defined
by
Section
212
of
the
Clean
Water
Act,
that
is
owned
by
a
state
or
municipality
(
as
defined
by
Section
502(
4)
of
the
act).
This
definition
includes
any
devices
and
systems
used
in
the
storage,
treatment,
recycling,
and
reclamation
of
municipal
sewage
or
industrial
wastes
of
a
liquid
nature.
It
also
includes
sewers,
pipes,
and
other
conveyances
only
if
they
convey
wastewater
to
a
POTW
treatment
plant.
The
term
also
means
the
municipality,
as
defined
in
Section
502(
4)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act,
that
has
jurisdiction
over
the
indirect
discharges
to
and
the
discharges
from
such
a
treatment
works.

Screens.
Devices
that
physically
trap
particles
and
are
used
to
remove
solids
from
water
and
large
inorganic
solids
from
wastewater
and
effluent
streams.

Sedimentation
basins.
Filtration
device
that
uses
gravity
to
remove
solids
from
a
liquid.
Designed
to
slow
effluent
flows
so
that
suspended
solids
settle
out.

Seed.
An
arbitrary
term
used
in
aquatic
animal
production
to
generally
specify
young
shellfish,
typically
oysters,
clams,
scallops,
or
mussels,
used
for
stocking.

Sludge
dewatering/
dehydration.
The
physical
process
of
removing
moisture
from
sludge
(
manure)
by
using
drying
beds,
screening,
and
sludge
(
manure)
lagoons.

Sport/
game
fish.
Facility­
raised
fish
used
primarily
for
sport
or
game
fishing,
such
as
largemouth
bass,
bluegill,
crappie,
and
sunfish.
Examples
of
fish
in
the
"
other"
sport/
game
fish
category
are
muskie,
northern
pike,
and
smallmouth
bass.

Stockers.
For
the
purposes
of
this
survey,
defined
as
fish
over
6
inches
in
length
or
60
to
750
lbs.
Per
1,000
fish.

UV
irradiation.
Light
in
the
wavelength
ranges
of
about
150
angstroms
to
about
4,000
angstroms
used
to
disinfect
water.
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
ix
L
[
Waste
stabilization
lagoons
(
aerobic
and
anaerobic
stabilization
ponds).
Large,
shallow
earthen
basins
that
use
natural
processes
involving
both
algae
and
bacteria
to
treat
wastewater.

Wastewater.
The
following
examples
describe
wastewater
for
some
of
the
production
types
used
in
the
industry
although
wastewater
is
not
limited
to
these
systems.

Flow
through
systems.
Water
after
it
leaves
your
flow
through
system
and
property,
including
water
that
has
been
diverted
to
treatment
areas
such
as
off­
line
settling
basins
and
retention
ponds.

Ponds.
Water
after
it
leaves
your
property,
intentionally
or
as
a
result
of
precipitation
events,
including
water
discharged
as
part
of
harvesting,
pond
maintenance
practices,
or
cleaning
practices.

Recirculating
systems.
Water
after
it
leaves
your
recirculating
system
and
property,
including
water
that
flows
to
a
municipal
sewer,
septic
system,
storm
drain,
retention
pond,
or
other
waterbody
as
part
of
cleaning
and
normal
system
operations.

Wastewater
reuse.
The
use
of
treated
wastewater
for
a
beneficial
use,
such
as
irrigation.

Wetland
treatment
system.
Wetlands
(
land
inundated
with
water)
used
for
treatment
of
wastewater.
Wetlands
can
use
processes
such
as
filtration,
bacterial
conversion,
adsorption,
or
sedimentation
to
remove
some
of
the
pollutants
found
in
wastewater.

Well
water.
Groundwater
that
is
conveyed
to
the
surface
with
pumps
or
naturally
flowing
(
artesian).
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
1
PART
A
TECHNICAL
INFORMATION
Section
1.
INFORMATION
CONTACT
AND
FACILITY
INFORMATION
*
CBI
1.
Do
you
produce
(
grow)
aquatic
animals
(
fish,
shellfish,
other
aquatic
animals)
at
this
facility?

*
Yes
Complete
the
survey
and
sign
Certification
1(
Part
C,
page
C­
1)
when
finished
with
the
survey.

*
No
Complete
and
sign
Certification
2
(
Part
C,
page
C­
2)
and
return
the
survey
to
the
mailing
address
provided
on
page
C­
1.

*
CBI
2.
Is
the
mailing
address
on
the
label
on
the
envelope
correct?

*
Yes
(
Go
to
Question
3.)

*
No,
the
mailing
address
is
not
correct
(
Please
correct
below.)

Name
of
site:
______________________________________________________

Mailing
address
or
P.
O.
box:
__________________________________________

City:
___________________________
State:
_______
ZIP
code:
___________

*
CBI
3.
Provide
the
name,
title,
and
telephone
number
of
the
person
who
can
answer
questions
about
information
provided
in
this
survey.

Contact
name:
____________________________________________________

Contact
title:
______________________________________________________

Telephone
number:
(
)
________________________

What
are
the
most
convenient
day
and
time
to
call?
___________________________
a.
m./
p.
m.
(
local
time)

(
Circle
best
days)
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Any
Day
Section
2.
OWNERSHIP
INFORMATION
*
CBI
4.
What
are
the
name
and
address
of
the
company,
proprietor,
or
entity
that
owns
this
facility?

Name
of
company:
______________________________________________________________

Mailing
address
or
P.
O.
box:
___________________________________________________________

City:
_________________________________
State:
_________
ZIP
code:
________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
2
5.
*
CBI
Which
of
the
following
corporation
type
best
describes
this
company,
proprietor,
or
entity?
(
Check
only
one
box.)

*
Corporation
(
C
Corporation)

*
Subchapter
S
Corporation/
Limited
Liability
Corporation
*
Limited
partnership
*
General
partnership
*
Sole
proprietor
*
Federal
hatchery
*
State
hatchery
*
Research
facility
(
e.
g.,
university)

*
Other
(
please
describe)

*
CBI
COPY
#
___
of
___

6.
Aquatic
animal
production
facilities
operated
by
the
company.
List
any
additional
aquatic
animal
production
facilities
in
the
United
States
that
are
operated
by
the
company
(
facility
is
defined
on
page
vii).
Provide
the
name,
city,
state,
and
ZIP
code
of
the
facility
and
the
primary
species
raised.
Use
the
first
line
for
the
facility
in
this
survey.
If
additional
spaces
are
required,
photocopy
these
pages
before
writing
on
them
and
label
each
copy
in
the
space
provided
at
the
top
right
corner
of
the
page.
Appendix
A
lists
species
categories.
Use
only
these
categories
to
identify
aquatic
animal
production
activities
at
each
facility.
Call
the
Technical
Information
Help
Line
at
(
888)
733­
1449
if
you
raise
a
species
not
listed
in
Appendix
A.
If
you
list
additional
facilities,
answer
the
company
revenue
question
at
the
bottom
of
the
table.

Facility
name
City
State
ZIP
Code
Primary
species
If
you
listed
additional
facilities,
what
was
the
total
company
revenue
in
2000?
(
round
to
the
nearest
thousand)
$
__
__,
__
__
__,
000
Section
3.
GENERAL
FACILITY
INFORMATION
*
CBI
7.
Which
of
the
following
statements
best
describes
this
facility?
(
Check
one
box.)

*
Aquatic
animal
production
is
the
only
agricultural
activity
*
Aquatic
animal
production
is
one
of
several
agricultural
activities,
but
aquatic
animal
production
is
the
primary
industry
*
Aquatic
animal
production
is
one
of
several
agricultural
activities,
and
other
agriculture
 
not
aquatic
animal
production
 
is
the
primary
industry
*
CBI
8.
Which
of
the
following
statements
best
describes
your
aquatic
animal
production
activity?
(
Check
one
box)

*
I
am
an
independent
grower
*
I
am
a
grower
that
contracts
with
another
company
for
quantity
and
price
prior
to
sale
*
I
am
part
of
a
production
cooperative
*
CBI
9.
a.
What
is
the
total
acreage
(
land
and
water)
of
this
facility?
____________________________
acres
b.
How
much
of
your
land
is
in
aquacultural
or
other
agricultural
use?
____________________
acres
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
3
Section
4.
WASTEWATER
CONTROL
TECHNOLOGY
This
section
is
designed
to
help
EPA
learn
about
the
wastewater
control
technology
practices
at
your
facility.
EPA
understands
that
facilities
do
not
necessarily
need,
or
have,
wastewater
control
technology
practices
in
place
at
this
time.
This
section
will
allow
EPA
to
characterize
the
wastewater
control
technologies
currently
being
used
in
the
aquatic
animal
production
(
aquaculture)
industry.

You
need
not
complete
all
sections
of
this
survey.
Please
answer
the
following
question
and
complete
the
sections
indicated
by
your
response.

Which
of
the
following
aquaculture
production
systems
are
used
at
your
facility?
(
Check
the
appropriate
box
for
each
system)

Yes
*
Ponds.
If
Yes,
complete
Subsection
A,
which
begins
on
page
A­
4
*
Flow
Through.
If
Yes,
complete
Subsection
B,
which
begins
on
page
A­
11
*
Recirculating
Systems.
If
Yes,
complete
Subsection
C,
which
begins
on
page
A­
19
*
Net
Pens
and
Cages.
If
Yes,
complete
Subsection
D,
which
begins
on
page
A­
27
*
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture.
If
Yes,
complete
Subsection
E,
which
begins
on
page
A­
32
*
Other
Aquaculture
Systems*.
If
Yes,
complete
Subsection
F,
which
begins
on
page
A­
37
*
If
your
system
does
not
fit
into
categories
A
through
E
(
for
example,
alligator
aquaculture),
please
use
F,
Other
Aquaculture
Systems.
If
you
have
any
questions
please
call
the
Technical
Hotline
at
1­
888­
733­
1449.

After
you
have
completed
the
questions
under
all
applicable
production
systems
at
your
facility,
please
continue
to
fill
out
sections
5
through
8
(
beginning
on
page
A­
44)
of
the
survey
unless
otherwise
directed.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
4
A.
Ponds
The
following
questions
are
designed
to
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
your
facility
and
how
you
manage
the
water
in
your
ponds.
EPA
recognizes
that
some
water
treatment
practices
take
place
internally
within
the
pond,
while
other
facilities
may
treat
wastewater
outside
of
the
pond.
EPA
is
interested
in
learning
about
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
water
before
it
is
discharged
from
your
ponds.
EPA
is
also
interested
in
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
after
water
is
discharged
from
your
ponds.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
a
discharge
is
water
that
is
no
longer
used
for
production
of
an
aquatic
species,
for
example,
water
that
drains
or
overflows
from
your
ponds.
EPA
recognizes
that
many
treatment
processes
occur
within
ponds
before
water
is
discharged.
In
an
attempt
to
acknowledge
this
diversity
and
to
help
organize
the
responses,
EPA
has
divided
the
"
Pond"
portion
of
the
questionnaire
into
five
phases,
each
consisting
of
one
to
three
questions.

&
Pond
Description
&
Pond
Drainage
&
Pond
Overflow
&
Pollutant
Control
Practices
&
Wastewater
Discharge
*
CBI
Site
Diagram
Please
draw
a
sketch
of
the
layout
of
all
of
your
ponds
and
indicate
clearly
the
locations
of
sources
of
water
and
discharges
of
water
from
the
ponds.
Attach
the
layout
sketch
to
the
back
of
your
survey.
On
the
following
page,
EPA
has
provided
an
example
to
help
you
provide
the
level
of
detail
EPA
is
seeking
to
fully
understand
your
system.
Provide
notes
on
your
layout
sketch
to
help
explain
any
details,
if
needed.
Please
include
and
label
any
of
the
following
that
apply:

&
ponds
&
drain
locations
&
water
source
&
support
buildings/
structures
&
any
treatments
outside
ponds
&
discharge
locations
from
property
&
property
boundary
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
5
Example
Site
Diagram
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
6
Pond
Description
10.
*
CBI
Please
describe
your
water
source.
a.
What
is
the
water
source
for
filling
your
ponds?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
overland
runoff
or
streamflow
into
the
pond
*
water
is
pumped
from
groundwater
*
water
is
pumped
from
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
surface
waterbody
*
water
level
is
maintained
due
to
high
groundwater
table
*
water
is
reused
from
water
drained
from
pond
*
water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
a
public
supply
(
municipal
or
irrigation)

*
other,
please
describe
_________________________________________________

b.
Is
your
water
source
freshwater
or
saltwater?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
freshwater
*
saltwater
(
which
includes
brackish,
estuarine,
ocean,
and
tidal
sources)

11.
*
CBI
Please
list
the
number
and
types
of
ponds
that
are
on
your
site
in
the
following
table.

Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
pond.
If
the
sizes
or
uses
of
your
ponds
are
significantly
different,
use
separate
rows
to
describe
these
ponds.
You
may
give
approximate
sizes,
but
please
indicate
whether
your
measurements
are
in
feet,
meters,
acres,
or
another
unit.
Ponds
of
roughly
the
same
size
may
be
grouped
and
entered
in
one
row;
however,
please
enter
the
range
of
pond
sizes
associated
with
the
group.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
pond
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Number
of
ponds
Average
surface
area
of
ponds
(
include
a
range
if
appropriate)
Average
water
depth
of
pond
(
include
a
range
if
appropriate)
Do
you
add
supplemental
aeration
to
your
pond?
(
Yes/
no)*

catfish
fingerling
levee
ponds
EXAMPLE
18
5.5
acres
4
feet
Yes
catfish
foodfish
levee
ponds
EXAMPLE
61
9.2
acres
(
31
x
7.5
acres
and
30
x
11
acres)
5
feet
Yes
*
Please
include
information
on
the
size
and
type
of
aeration
in
the
comments
section
below.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
7
Comments
on
your
answers
to
question
11
EXAMPLE:
The
18
fingerling
ponds
use
airstones
and
a
5­
HP
blower
that
delivers
about
200
cfm
for
each
pond.
The
foodfish
production
ponds
use
paddle
wheel
aerators
at
2
HP
per
acre.

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Pond
Drainage
12.
*
CBI
Please
list
how
often,
how
much,
and
when
you
drain
your
ponds
in
the
following
table.
Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
pond
that
you
listed
in
question
11.
The
first
column
should
be
filled
in
exactly
as
the
first
column
in
question
11
(
see
example).

Description
of
pond
On
average,
how
often
do
you
drain
each
pond?
(
please
include
units)
About
how
many
feet
of
water
is
usually
drained?
What
is
the
most
common
time
of
year
for
you
to
drain
ponds?
(
indicate
a
season
or
time
of
the
year)

catfish
fingerling
levee
ponds
EXAMPLE
1/
year
4
feet
spring
catfish
foodfish
levee
ponds
EXAMPLE
1/
5
years
3
feet
early
fall
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
8
Comments
on
your
answers
to
question
12
_________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Pond
Overflow
13.
*
CBI
Do
you
intentionally
pump
or
flow
water
into
these
ponds
as
a
way
to
manage
water
quality?
(
This
is
sometimes
called
"
flushing"
or
"
water
exchange.")

*
Yes
(
Please
answer
parts
a
through
c.)

*
No
(
Please
go
to
question
14)

a.
If
yes,
please
describe
how
often
you
exchange
water.
Be
as
specific
as
possible,
using
the
following
examples
as
a
guide:
"
I
exchange
water
continuously
on
all
ponds"
or
"
I
exchange
water
in
every
pond
once
a
week
during
the
summer"
or
"
I
exchange
water
in
all
brood
stock
ponds
only
when
needed,
on
average
once
during
the
summer"
___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

b.
When
you
exchange
water,
on
average
how
long
do
you
run
water
into
an
individual
pond?
(
Be
sure
to
include
a
unit
of
time
in
hours
or
days.)

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

c.
When
you
exchange
water,
what
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
added
per
pond?
(
Be
sure
to
include
a
unit
in
terms
of
gallons
per
hour
or
gallons
per
day.)

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
9
Pollutant
Control
Practices
14.
*
CBI
Certain
pond
management
practices
can
be
used
to
reduce
the
pond
effluent
volume
or
improve
effluent
quality
before
the
water
leaves
the
pond.
Check
any
of
the
following
practices
that
you
use
in
your
ponds:

*
Pond
water
levels
are
maintained
below
the
level
of
the
drain
or
overflow
device
so
that
rainfall
is
captured
rather
than
allowed
to
overflow.
How
many
inches
are
maintained
between
the
water
surface
of
the
pond
and
the
top
of
the
drain
overflow?_________
inches
*
Ponds
are
not
drained
between
successive
crops.

*
Fish
are
fed
carefully
to
avoid
overfeeding.

*
Pond
banks
are
maintained
with
good
vegetative
cover
to
prevent
erosion.

*
Fish
are
routinely
screened
to
ensure
fish
health.

*
Water
is
not
pumped
into
ponds
except
to
fill
ponds
and
to
replace
evaporation
and
seepage
losses.

*
Other
(
please
describe)______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

15.
*
CBI
Certain
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
reduce
the
pond
effluent
volume
or
improve
effluent
quality
after
the
water
leaves
the
pond.
Check
any
of
the
following
practices
that
you
use
in
your
ponds.

*
Water
is
sent
to
sedimentation
basins,
lagoons,
or
ponds.

*
Water
is
aerated
(
after
it
leaves
the
pond).

*
Water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch.

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
vegetated
drainage
ditch.

*
Solids
are
filtered
using
screens
(
e.
g.,
microscreens,
rotating
screens,
vibrating
screens).
­
what
do
you
do
with
the
screened
solids?
______________________________________________

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
wetland
treatment
system.

*
Water
is
stored
on­
site
and
is
sent
back
into
the
pond.

*
Solids
remaining
in
the
pond
are
removed
from
the
pond.
­
what
do
you
do
with
the
removed
solids?
______________________________________________

*
Other
(
please
describe)
____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Wastewater
Discharge
16.
*
CBI
How
does
water
from
your
ponds
leave
your
property?
This
question
will
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
what
happens
to
the
water
after
it
leaves
your
ponds
and
property.

*
Pond
water
is
sent
directly
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Pond
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
and
eventually
flows
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody
that
is
not
on
my
property.
If
this
is
the
case,
please
estimate
how
far
the
water
flows
on
private
property
(
your
property
or
other
private
property)
before
it
enters
a
public
waterbody.
(
Be
sure
to
indicate
units
 
feet
or
miles.)
________________________________

*
Pond
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
but
is
used
by
another
farmer
for
irrigation
and
does
not
flow
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Pond
water
is
sent
to
a
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
i.
e.,
the
sewer).

*
Pond
water
does
not
leave
my
property
because
(
please
check
all
that
apply):

*
pond
water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch
located
on
my
property
*
pond
water
is
sent
to
an
injection
well
located
on
my
property
*
pond
water
is
evaporated
from
ponds
or
lagoons
located
on
my
property
*
pond
water
is
used
to
irrigate
crops
on
my
property
*
pond
water
is
stored
on­
site
and
sent
back
into
pond
*
other
(
please
describe)
_________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
10
Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
16
_________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

17.
*
CBI
If
you
have
an
NPDES
permit,
what
is
the
permit
number?
___________________________

18.
*
CBI
If
your
pond
water
eventually
goes
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody,
please
identify
the
name
of
the
waterbody
and
its
location
(
river
mile
or
prominent
landmark,
if
known).
________
___________________________________________________________________________________

If
you
have
any
of
the
following
aquaculture
production
systems
on
your
site,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
going
to
the
appropriate
section(
s):

B.
Flow
Through
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
11)
C.
Recirculating
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
19)
D.
Net
Pens
and
Cages
(
begins
on
page
A­
27)
E.
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture
(
begins
on
page
A­
32)
F.
Other
Aquaculture
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
37)

If
you
have
only
ponds
at
your
site
AND
pond
water
leaves
your
property,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
filling
out
sections
5
 
8
(
starting
on
page
A­
44).

If
you
have
only
ponds
at
your
facility
AND
if
pond
water
does
NOT
leave
your
property
(
based
on
your
response
to
question
16),
you
do
not
have
to
fill
out
the
remainder
of
the
survey.
You
may
go
directly
to
the
certification
statement
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
Please
fill
out
Certification
Statement
1
(
Part
C,
page
C­
1),
sign
it,
and
return
the
survey
to
the
address
provided.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
11
B.
Flow
Through
Systems
The
following
questions
are
designed
to
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
your
facility
and
how
you
manage
the
water
and
effluents
in
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks.
EPA
is
interested
in
learning
about
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
water
before
it
is
discharged
from
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks.
EPA
is
also
interested
in
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
after
water
is
discharged
from
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
a
discharge
is
water
that
no
longer
is
being
used
for
production
of
an
aquatic
species;
for
example,
water
from
drains,
overflows,
and
any
other
production
unit
water
that
is
not
being
used
for
culture.
EPA
recognizes
that
there
is
diversity
in
the
types
of
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks.
In
an
attempt
to
acknowledge
this
diversity
and
to
help
organize
the
responses,
EPA
has
divided
the
"
Flow
Through"
portion
of
the
questionnaire
into
four
phases,
each
consisting
of
one
to
four
questions.

&
Flow
Through
Raceway,
Pond,
or
Tank
Description
&
Flow
Through
Raceway,
Pond,
or
Tank
Flow
Rates
&
Pollutant
Control
Practices
&
Wastewater
Discharge
*
CBI
Site
Diagram
Please
draw
a
layout
sketch
of
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
and
clearly
indicate
the
locations
of
sources
of
water
and
where
water
is
discharged.
Attach
the
layout
sketch
to
the
back
of
the
survey.
On
the
following
page,
EPA
has
provided
an
example
to
help
you
provide
the
level
of
detail
EPA
is
seeking
to
fully
understand
your
system.
Provide
additional
notes
on
your
layout
sketch
to
help
explain
details
if
needed.
Please
include
and
label
any
of
the
following
that
apply:

&
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
&
drain
locations
&
water
source
&
support
buildings/
structures
&
any
treatments
outside
the
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
&
discharge
locations
from
property
&
property
boundary
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
12
Example
Site
Diagram
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
13
Flow
Through
Raceway,
Pond,
or
Tank
Description
19.
*
CBI
Please
describe
your
water
source.
a.
What
is
the
water
source
for
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
groundwater
(
wells
or
springs).

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
surface
waterbody.

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
a
public
supply
(
municipal
or
irrigation).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
________________________________

b.
Is
your
water
source
freshwater
or
saltwater?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
Freshwater
*
Saltwater
(
which
includes
brackish,
estuarine,
ocean,
and
tidal
sources)

20.
*
CBI
Please
list
the
number
and
types
of
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
that
are
on
your
site
in
the
following
table.

Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank.
If
the
sizes
or
uses
of
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
are
significantly
different,
please
use
separate
rows
to
describe
them.
Many
facilities
operate
a
series
of
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
together
as
a
"
block"
or
"
unit."
Within
the
block
(
unit),
there
may
be
multiple
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
operated
together
with
similar
flows
running
through
them.
Please
enter
the
total
number
of
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
in
the
block
(
unit)
for
each
row
in
the
table.
Many
facilities
also
reuse
water
after
running
it
through
an
initial
group
of
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks.
Please
enter
the
number
of
times
water
is
reused
before
it
is
discharged
(
no
longer
used
for
culture).

You
may
give
approximate
sizes,
but
please
indicate
whether
your
measurement
is
in
feet,
meters,
acres,
or
another
unit.
Flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
of
roughly
the
same
size
may
be
grouped
and
entered
in
one
row,
or
you
may
enter
a
range
of
sizes
for
the
same
type
of
production,
if
appropriate.
If
you
have
rectangular
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks,
please
indicate
the
length,
width,
tank
depth,
and
water
depth.
If
you
have
circular
ponds
or
tanks,
please
indicate
the
diameter,
tank
depth,
and
water
depth.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
block
(
unit)
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Total
number
of
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
in
the
block
(
unit)
Number
of
times
water
is
reused
in
the
block
(
unit)
Dimensions
Construction
material
Length
Width
Diameter
Tank
depth
Water
depth
trout
fingerling
raceways
EXAMPLE
9
2
30
ft
4
ft
 
3
ft
2.5
ft
concrete
trout
foodsize
fish
raceways
EXAMPLE
10
1
40
ft
4
ft
 
3
ft
2.5
ft
concrete
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
Description
of
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
block
(
unit)
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Total
number
of
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
in
the
block
(
unit)
Number
of
times
water
is
reused
in
the
block
(
unit)
Dimensions
Construction
material
Length
Width
Diameter
Tank
depth
Water
depth
A­
14
Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
20.
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Flow
Through
Raceway,
Pond,
or
Tank
Flow
Rates
21.
*
CBI
In
the
table
below
please
list
the
various
flow
rates
for
the
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
listed
in
Question
20.
Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
that
you
listed
in
Question
20.
The
first
column
should
be
filled
in
exactly
as
the
first
column
in
Question
20
(
see
example).
Remember
to
include
the
units
that
you
use
for
each
of
the
flow
rates,
for
example,
cubic
feet
per
second
(
cfs)
or
gallons
per
minute
(
gpm).
The
average
flow
rate
reported
in
the
inflow
column
should
equal
the
sum
of
the
average
flows
for
the
outflow
columns.
If
desired,
you
can
enter
the
outflow
rates
as
a
percentage
of
the
inflow,
but
be
sure
to
indicate
the
numbers
as
percentages
(%)
and
make
sure
the
total
of
the
outflows
equals
100%.

Description
of
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
block
(
unit)
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Inflow
Outflow
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
flowing
into
the
block
(
unit)?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
to
fullflow
settling
basins?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
to
offline
settling
basins?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
to
other
treatment
systems?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
directly
off
your
property?

trout
fingerling
raceways
EXAMPLE
50
gpm
0
3
gpm
0
47
gpm
trout
foodsize
fish
raceways
EXAMPLE
100
gpm
94
gpm
6
gpm
0
0
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
Description
of
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
block
(
unit)
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Inflow
Outflow
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
flowing
into
the
block
(
unit)?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
to
fullflow
settling
basins?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
to
offline
settling
basins?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
to
other
treatment
systems?
What
is
the
average
flow
rate
of
water
discharged
from
this
block
(
unit)
directly
off
your
property?

A­
15
Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
21
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Pollutant
Control
Practices
22.
*
CBI
Certain
management
practices
can
be
used
to
improve
effluent
quality
before
the
water
leaves
the
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank.
Check
any
of
the
practices
that
you
use
in
these
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks.

*
Fish
are
fed
carefully
to
avoid
overfeeding.

*
Quiescent
zones
are
used
to
settle
solids
(
length
of
quiescent
zone
__________
feet).

*
Solids
are
routinely
removed
from
quiescent
zones
(
frequency
of
solids
removal
________).

*
Fish
inventory
is
controlled.

*
Fish
are
routinely
screened
to
ensure
fish
health.

*
Raceway
screens
are
routinely
cleaned.

*
Mortalities
are
removed
frequently.

*
Dam
boards
are
used
in
raceways
during
grow­
out.

*
Flow
diversion
is
used
during
fish
harvest
(
full­
flow
systems).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
16
23.
*
CBI
Certain
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
reduce
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
effluent
volume
or
improve
effluent
quality
after
the
water
leaves
the
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank.
Check
any
of
the
practices
that
you
use
in
these
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks.

*
Water
is
sent
to
full­
flow
settling
basins.

*
Solids
are
routinely
removed
from
full­
flow
settling
basins
(
frequency
of
solids
removal
_______).

*
Water
is
sent
to
off­
line
settling
basins.

*
Solids
are
routinely
removed
from
off­
line
settling
basins
(
frequency
of
solids
removal
______).

*
Water
is
aerated
after
it
leaves
the
raceway,
pond,
or
tank.

*
Water
is
used
for
irrigation
(
directly
from
the
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks).

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
vegetated
drainage
ditch.

*
Water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch.

*
Solids
are
filtered
using
screens
(
other
than
those
used
in
the
quiescent
zones,
e.
g.,
microscreens,
rotating
screens,
vibrating
screens).

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
wetland
treatment
system
(
directly
from
the
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________
24.
*
CBI
Certain
additional
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
reduce
effluent
volume
or
improve
effluent
quality
after
the
water
leaves
a
full­
flow
or
off­
line
settling
basin.
Check
any
of
the
practices
that
you
use
in
these
full­
flow
or
off­
line
settling
basins.

*
Water
is
chlorinated.

*
Water
is
dechlorinated.

*
Water
is
ozonated.

*
Water
is
UV
irradiated.

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
wetland
treatment
system.

*
Additional
solids
are
filtered
using
screens
(
e.
g.,
microscreens,
rotating
screens,
vibrating
screens).

*
Water
is
treated
in
a
waste
stabilization
lagoon.

*
Water
is
used
for
irrigation.

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

25.
*
CBI
Certain
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
treat
solids
(
manure
or
biosolids)
that
are
captured
in
quiescent
zones,
full­
flow
or
off­
line
settling
basins,
or
other
solids
separation
practices.
Check
any
of
the
practices
that
are
used
to
treat
solids.

*
Storage
tanks
or
lagoons.

*
Composting.

*
Incineration.

*
Municipal
sewage
system
or
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
POTW).

*
Land
application.

*
Vacuum
trucks.

*
Off­
line
dewatering
(
drying
or
dehydrating).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
17
Wastewater
Discharge
26.
*
CBI
How
does
water
from
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
leave
your
property?
This
question
will
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
what
happens
to
the
water
after
it
leaves
your
flow
through
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks,
and
property.

*
Flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
sent
directly
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
and
eventually
flows
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody
that
is
not
on
my
property.
If
this
is
the
case,
please
estimate
how
far
the
water
flows
on
private
property
(
your
property
or
other
private
property)
before
it
enters
a
public
waterbody.
(
Be
sure
to
indicate
units
 
feet
or
miles)
___________________

*
Flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
but
is
used
by
another
farmer
for
irrigation
and
does
not
flow
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
sent
to
a
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
i.
e.,
the
sewer).

*
Flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
does
not
leave
my
property
because
(
please
check
all
that
apply):

*
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch
located
on
my
property
*
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
sent
to
an
injection
well
located
on
my
property
*
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
evaporated
from
ponds
or
lagoons
located
on
my
property
*
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
is
used
to
irrigate
crops
on
my
property
*
other
(
please
describe)
_________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Comments
on
your
answers
to
question
26
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

27.
*
CBI
If
you
have
an
NPDES
permit,
what
is
the
permit
number?_____________________________________

28.
*
CBI
If
your
flow
through
raceway,
pond,
or
tank
water
eventually
goes
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody,
please
identify
the
name
of
the
waterbody
and
its
location
(
river
mile
or
prominent
landmark,
if
known).
__________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
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If
you
have
any
of
the
following
aquaculture
production
systems
on
your
site,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
going
to
the
appropriate
sections:

C.
Recirculating
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
19)
D.
Net
Pens
and
Cages
(
begins
on
page
A­
27)
E.
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture
(
begins
on
page
A­
32)
F.
Other
Aquaculture
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
37)

If
you
have
only
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
at
your
site
AND
flow
through
system
water
leaves
your
property,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
filling
out
sections
5
 
8
(
starting
on
page
A­
44).

If
you
have
only
raceways,
ponds,
or
tanks
at
your
facility
AND
if
flow
through
water
system
does
NOT
leave
your
property
(
based
on
your
response
to
question
26),
you
do
not
have
to
fill
out
the
remainder
of
the
survey.
You
may
go
directly
to
the
certification
statement
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
Please
fill
out
Certification
Statement
1(
Part
C,
page
C­
1),
sign
it,
and
return
the
survey
to
the
address
provided.
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Questionnaire
 
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Animal
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Industry
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C.
Recirculating
Systems
The
following
questions
are
designed
to
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
your
facility
and
how
you
manage
the
water
in
your
recirculating
systems.
EPA
is
interested
in
learning
about
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
water
before
it
is
discharged
from
your
recirculating
systems.
EPA
is
also
interested
in
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
after
water
is
discharged
from
your
recirculating
systems.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
a
discharge
is
water
that
is
no
longer
being
used
for
production
of
an
aquatic
species,
for
example,
water
from
drains,
overflows,
solids
filter
backwash,
and
any
other
production
unit
water
that
is
not
being
used
for
culture.
EPA
recognizes
that
there
is
some
diversity
in
the
types
of
recirculating
systems.
In
an
attempt
to
acknowledge
this
diversity
and
to
help
organize
the
responses,
EPA
has
divided
the
"
Recirculating
Systems"
portion
of
the
questionnaire
into
four
parts,
each
consisting
of
one
to
three
questions.

&
Recirculating
System
Description
&
Recirculating
System
Water
Discharges
&
Pollutant
Control
Practices
&
Wastewater
Discharge
*
CBI
Site
Diagram
Please
draw
a
layout
sketch
of
your
recirculating
systems
and
clearly
indicate
the
location
of
sources
of
water
and
where
water
is
discharged.
Attach
the
layout
sketch
to
the
back
of
the
survey.
On
the
following
page,
EPA
has
provided
an
example
to
help
you
provide
the
level
of
detail
EPA
is
seeking
to
fully
understand
your
system.
Provide
additional
notes
on
your
layout
sketch
to
help
explain
details,
if
needed.
Please
include
and
label
any
of
the
following
that
apply:

&
recirculating
systems
­
please
indicate
tanks
and
sizes
&
drain
locations
&
water
source
&
support
buildings/
structures
&
any
treatments
outside
the
recirculating
systems
&
discharge
locations
from
property
&
property
boundary
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Animal
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Example
Site
Diagram
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Animal
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Recirculating
System
Description
29.
*
CBI
Please
describe
your
water
source.
a.
What
is
the
water
source
for
your
recirculating
systems?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
groundwater
(
wells
or
springs).

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
surface
waterbody.

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
a
public
supply
(
municipal
or
irrigation).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
________________________________

b.
Is
your
water
source
freshwater
or
saltwater?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
Freshwater
*
Saltwater
(
which
includes
brackish,
estuarine,
ocean,
and
tidal
sources)

30.
*
CBI
Please
list
the
number
and
types
of
recirculating
systems
at
your
facility.

Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
recirculating
system.
If
the
sizes
or
uses
of
your
recirculating
systems
are
significantly
different,
use
separate
rows
to
describe
these
recirculating
systems.
You
may
give
approximate
volumes,
but
please
remember
to
indicate
whether
your
measurement
is
in
gallons,
cubic
feet,
or
another
unit.
Recirculating
systems
of
roughly
the
same
size
may
be
grouped
and
entered
in
one
row.
Please
enter
the
range
of
recirculating
system
sizes
if
they
are
grouped
in
the
table
below.

The
average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water
is
similar
to
what
is
sometimes
referred
to
as
the
percent
recycle
and
is
the
approximate
average
daily
volume
of
water
added
to
each
recirculating
system
to
compensate
for
evaporation,
daily
drainage,
solids
removal,
and
other
daily
water
losses.
Please
be
sure
to
include
the
measurement
units
when
reporting
the
average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
recirculating
system
Number
of
this
type
of
system
Average
system
volume
Average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water
tilapia
fingerling
production
EXAMPLE
1
20,000
gal
(
4
tanks
x
5,000
gal)
2,000
gpd
(
4
tanks
x
500
gpd)

tilapia
food­
size
fish
production
EXAMPLE
2
19,000
gal
(
18,000
 
20,000
gal)
1,900
gpd
(
1,800
 
2,000
gpd)
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Questionnaire
 
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Animal
Production
Industry
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Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
30
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Recirculating
System
Water
Discharges
31.
*
CBI
Please
describe
what
happens
to
water
that
is
discharged
from
your
recirculating
system.
Use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
recirculating
system
that
you
listed
in
Question
30.
The
first
column
should
be
filled
in
exactly
as
the
first
column
in
Question
30
(
see
example).

The
average
daily
effluent
volume
from
the
recirculating
system
is
broken
into
three
components:

&
overflow
and
drains
 
water
volume
that
is
discharged
(
daily)
from
the
recirculating
system
from
either
overflow
pipes
or
drains,
which
can
be
a
result
of
adding
new
water
to
the
system,
routine
cleaning,
or
other
activities.

&
solids
removal
 
water
volume
that
is
discharged
(
daily)
from
the
recirculating
system
that
comes
directly
from
a
solids
removal
process,
for
example,
a
microscreen,
settling
basin,
or
other
solids
removal
equipment.

&
other
 
water
volume
that
is
discharged
(
daily)
from
the
recirculating
system
from
any
other
source,
for
example,
biofilter
cleaning
or
any
other
source.
The
total
of
the
average
daily
effluent
volume
from
the
system
should
be
less
than
or
equal
to
the
average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water.

Description
of
recirculating
system
Average
daily
effluent
volumes
Overflow
and
drains
Solids
removal
Other
(
please
describe
in
comments
section
below)

tilapia
fingerling
production
EXAMPLE
1,600
gpd
(
400
gpd
x
4
tanks)
300
gpd
see
note
1
below
tilapia
food­
size
fish
production
EXAMPLE
2,400
gpd
(
1,200
gpd
x
2
tanks)
1,200
gpd
(
600
gpd
x
2
filter
units)
see
note
2
below
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Questionnaire
 
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Animal
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Industry
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Comments
on
your
answers
to
question
31
EXAMPLE:
Note
1.
100
gpd
estimated
evaporation
Note
2.
200
gpd
estimated
evaporation
(
100
gpd
x
2
systems)

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

32.
*
CBI
Please
describe
how
often
you
completely
drain
your
recirculating
systems,
any
cleaning
or
treatments
that
are
done
to
the
tanks,
and
where
the
drainage
water
goes.

EPA
is
interested
in
how
often
recirculating
system
tanks
are
completely
drained
as
a
part
of
routine
management;
for
example,
when
you
harvest
fish
to
sell
or
transfer
them
to
another
system.
EPA
is
also
interested
in
any
cleaning
or
treatments
that
you
do
to
the
tanks
while
they
are
drained;
for
example,
scrubbing
with
brushes
and
disinfecting
with
iodine
solution.
When
tanks
are
routinely
drained,
where
does
the
water
go?
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
recirculating
system
On
average,
how
often
do
you
completely
drain
this
type
of
recirculating
system?
Describe
any
cleaning,
disinfection,
or
other
treatments
done
in
the
tanks
when
the
system
is
drained.
(
Please
be
as
specific
as
possible
and
include
the
names
of
any
chemicals
used.)
Where
does
the
drainage
water
go
when
you
completely
drain
the
system?
(
Please
be
as
specific
as
possible
describing
where
the
water
goes.)

tilapia
fingerling
production
EXAMPLE
3
times
per
year
brush
tanks
with
250
ppm
iodine
solution
drain
to
external
microscreen
tilapia
food­
size
fish
production
EXAMPLE
1
time
per
year
brush
tanks
with
250
ppm
iodine
solution
drain
to
external
microscreen
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Animal
Production
Industry
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Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
32
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Pollutant
Control
Practices
33.
*
CBI
Certain
management
practices
can
be
used
to
improve
effluent
quality
before
the
water
leaves
the
recirculating
system.
Check
any
of
the
practices
you
use
in
these
recirculating
systems:

Biofiltration
 
Nitrification
*
fluidized
beds
*
bead
filters
*
trickling
filters
*
rotating
biological
contactors
*
submerged
packed
beds
*
other
(
please
describe)________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Solids
Capture
*
settling
basins
*
sand
filters
*
bead
filters
*
microscreens
*
hydro­
clones
*
other
(
please
describe)________________
_________________________________
_________________________________

Aeration
*
blown
air
*
oxygen
enrichment
*
speece
cones
*
packed
columns
*
surface
agitators
*
airstones
*
low
head
aerators
*
U­
tubes
*
spray
nozzles
*
other
(
please
describe)________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Disinfection
*
ultraviolet
*
ozone
*
other
(
please
describe)________________
_________________________________
_________________________________

Denitrification
*
fluidized
bed
*
submerged
packed
column
*
other
(
please
describe)________________
_________________________________
_________________________________

Carbon
Dioxide
Stripping
*
blown
air
*
surface
agitators
*
packed
columns
*
spray
columns
*
spray
nozzles
*
other
(
please
describe)_______________
________________________________
________________________________
Water
(
Chemical)
Conditioning
*
bicarbonate
additions
*
sodium
hydroxide
additions
*
softening
*
calcium
chloride
additions
*
sodium
chloride
(
salt)
additions
*
calcium
hydroxide
(
lime)
additions
*
other
(
please
describe)_________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
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Animal
Production
Industry
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Management
Practices
*
fish
fed
carefully
to
avoid
overfeeding
*
fish
inventory
controlled
*
fish
routinely
screened
to
ensure
fish
health
*
tanks
routinely
cleaned
*
mortalities
removed
frequently
*
other
(
please
describe)_______________
_________________________________
_________________________________

34.
*
CBI
Certain
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
reduce
recirculating
system
effluent
volumes
or
improve
effluent
quality
after
the
water
leaves
the
recirculating
system.
Check
any
of
the
practices
you
use
in
these
recirculating
systems.

*
Water
is
sent
to
sedimentation
basins,
lagoons,
or
ponds.

*
Routine
solids
removal
from
sedimentation
basins,
lagoons,
or
ponds
(
frequency
of
solids
removal
_______).

*
Water
is
sent
to
biological
filters
(
other
than
those
in
the
recirculating
system)
for
BOD
and/
or
nitrogen
treatment.

*
Water
is
aerated
after
leaving
the
recirculating
system.

*
Water
is
chlorinated.

*
Water
is
dechlorinated.

*
Water
is
ozonated.

*
Water
is
UV
irradiated.

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
waste
stabilization
lagoon
(
including
aeration
lagoons
or
ponds).

*
Water
is
used
for
irrigation.

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
vegetated
drainage
ditch.

*
Water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch.

*
Solids
are
filtered
using
screens
(
other
than
those
used
in
the
recirculating
system
itself,
e.
g.,
microscreens,
rotating
screens,
vibrating
screens).

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
wetland
treatment
system.

*
Water
is
stored
on­
site
and
is
reused
in
recirculating
systems.

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

35.
*
CBI
Certain
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
treat
solids
(
manure
or
biosolids)
that
are
collected
from
solids
separation
practices
after
the
solids
leave
the
recirculating
systems.
Check
any
of
the
practices
you
use
to
treat
solids.

*
Storage
tanks
or
lagoons.

*
Composting.

*
Incineration.

*
Municipal
sewage
system
or
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
POTW).

*
Land
application.

*
Vacuum
trucks.

*
Off­
line
dewatering
(
drying
or
dehydrating).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
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Wastewater
Discharge
36.
*
CBI
How
does
water
from
your
recirculating
systems
leave
your
property?
This
question
will
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
what
happens
to
the
water
after
it
leaves
your
recirculating
systems
and
property.

*
Recirculating
system
water
is
sent
directly
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Recirculating
system
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
and
eventually
flows
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody
that
is
not
on
my
property.
If
this
is
the
case,
please
estimate
how
far
the
water
flows
on
private
property
(
your
property
or
other
private
property)
before
it
enters
a
public
waterbody.
(
Be
sure
to
indicate
units
 
­
feet
or
miles.)
_________________________

*
Recirculating
system
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
but
is
used
by
another
farmer
for
irrigation
and
does
not
flow
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Recirculating
system
water
is
sent
to
a
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
i.
e.,
the
sewer).

*
Recirculating
system
water
does
not
leave
my
property
because
(
please
check
all
that
apply):

*
recirculating
system
water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch
located
on
my
property
*
recirculating
system
water
is
sent
to
an
injection
well
located
on
my
property
*
recirculating
system
water
is
evaporated
from
ponds
or
lagoons
located
on
my
property
*
recirculating
system
water
is
used
to
irrigate
crops
on
my
property
*
other
(
please
describe)
_________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
36
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

37.
*
CBI
If
you
have
an
NPDES
permit,
what
is
the
permit
number?
____________________________________

38.
*
CBI
If
your
recirculating
system
water
eventually
goes
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody,
please
identify
the
name
of
the
waterbody
and
its
location
(
river
mile
or
prominent
landmark,
if
known).
____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

If
you
have
any
of
the
following
aquaculture
production
systems
on
your
site,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
going
to
the
appropriate
sections:

D.
Net
Pens
and
Cages
(
begins
on
page
A­
27)
E.
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture
(
begins
on
page
A­
32)
F.
Other
Aquaculture
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
37)

If
you
have
only
recirculating
systems
at
your
site
AND
recirculating
system
water
leaves
your
property,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
filling
out
sections
5
 
8
(
starting
on
page
A­
44).

If
you
have
only
recirculating
systems
at
your
facility
AND
if
recirculating
system
water
does
NOT
leave
your
property
(
based
on
your
response
to
question
36),
you
do
not
have
to
fill
out
the
remainder
of
the
survey.
You
may
go
directly
to
the
certification
statement
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
Please
fill
out
Certification
Statement
1(
Part
C,
page
C­
1),
sign
it,
and
return
the
survey
to
the
address
provided.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
27
D.
Net
Pens
and
Cages
The
following
questions
are
designed
to
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
your
facility
and
how
you
manage
the
water
in
and
around
your
net
pens
and
cages.
EPA
is
interested
in
learning
about
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
water
in
and
around
your
net
pens
and
cages.
EPA
recognizes
that
there
is
some
diversity
in
the
types
of
net
pens
and
cages.
In
an
attempt
to
acknowledge
this
diversity
and
to
help
organize
the
responses,
EPA
has
divided
the
"
Net
Pens
and
Cages"
portion
of
the
questionnaire
into
two
parts:

&
Description
of
Net
Pens
and
Cages
&
Pollutant
Control
Practices
*
CBI
Site
Diagram
Please
draw
a
layout
sketch
of
your
net
pens
and
cages
and
attach
the
layout
sketch
to
the
back
of
the
survey.
On
the
following
page,
EPA
has
provided
an
example
to
help
you
provide
the
level
of
detail
that
EPA
is
seeking
to
fully
understand
your
system.
Provide
additional
notes
on
your
sketch
to
help
explain
details,
if
needed.
Please
include
and
label
any
of
the
following
that
apply:

&
net
pens
or
cages
(
please
indicate
sizes)

&
locations
of
prominent
landmarks
&
waterbody
name
&
support
buildings/
structures
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
28
Example
Site
Diagram
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
29
Description
of
Net
Pens
and
Cages
39.
*
CBI
Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
net
pen
or
cage.
If
the
sizes
or
uses
of
your
net
pens
or
cages
are
significantly
different,
use
separate
rows
to
describe
these
net
pens
or
cages.
You
may
give
approximate
sizes,
but
please
remember
to
indicate
whether
your
measurement
is
in
feet,
meters,
acres,
or
another
unit.
Net
pens
or
cages
of
roughly
the
same
size
may
be
grouped
and
entered
in
one
row.
Please
enter
a
range
of
sizes
if
they
are
grouped
in
the
table
below.
If
you
have
rectangular
net
pens
or
cages,
please
indicate
the
length,
width,
and
depth.
If
you
have
circular
net
pens
or
cages,
please
indicate
the
diameter
and
depth.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
net
pens
or
cages
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Number
of
net
pens
or
cages
and
list
construction
materials
Dimensions
Length
Width
Diameter
Depth
rectangular
net
pen
 
cobia
production
EXAMPLE
4
net
pens
steel
structure;
polyester/
dacron
50
ft
60
ft
 
12
ft
round
net
pen
 
flounder
production
EXAMPLE
2
net
pens
steel/
plastic
structure;
polyester/
dacron
netting
 
 
50
ft
12
ft
Comments
on
your
answers
in
Question
39
________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
30
40.
*
CBI
Please
enter
the
location
(
latitude
and
longitude)
and
water
depth
under
the
net
pens
or
cages.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
net
pens
or
cages
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Latitude
Longitude
Description
of
location
of
net
pens
or
cages
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Water
depth
under
net
pens
or
cages
(
include
units)

rectangular
net
pen
 
cobia
production
EXAMPLE
N
35
(
58'
25"
W
75
(
58'
48"
2,000
ft
east
of
Smith
Island
Channel,
Chesapeake
Bay
40
ft
round
net
pens
 
flounder
production
EXAMPLE
N
35
(
58'
25"
W
75
(
58'
48"
2,500
ft
northeast
of
Smith
Island
Channel,
Chesapeake
Bay
60
ft
Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
40
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

41.
*
CBI
If
you
have
an
NPDES
permit,
what
is
the
permit
number?
____________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
31
Pollutant
Control
Practices
42.
*
CBI
Certain
management
practices
can
be
used
to
improve
effluent
quality
in
and
around
the
net
pens
or
cages.
Check
any
of
the
practices
that
you
use
in
these
net
pens
or
cages.

*
Net
pens
or
cages
are
sited
in
areas
of
good
flushing.

*
Shellfish
culture
is
practiced
on­
site.

*
Fish
are
fed
carefully
to
avoid
overfeeding.

*
Fish
inventory
is
controlled.

*
Fish
are
routinely
screened
to
ensure
fish
health.

*
Nets
are
routinely
cleaned.

*
Escape
nets
are
used
to
prevent
escapement.

*
Mortalities
are
removed
frequently.

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

If
you
have
any
of
the
following
aquaculture
production
systems
on
your
site,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
going
to
the
appropriate
sections:

E.
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture
(
begins
on
page
A­
32)
F.
Other
Aquaculture
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
37)

If
you
have
only
net
pens
or
cages
at
your
site,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
filling
out
sections
5
 
8
(
starting
on
page
A­
44).
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
32
E.
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture
The
following
questions
are
designed
to
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
your
facility
and
how
you
manage
the
water
in
and
around
your
floating
aquaculture
and
bottom
culture
units.
EPA
is
interested
in
learning
about
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
water
in
and
around
your
floating
aquaculture
and
bottom
culture
units.
EPA
recognizes
that
there
is
some
diversity
in
the
types
of
floating
aquaculture
and
bottom
culture
units.
In
an
attempt
to
acknowledge
this
diversity
and
to
help
organize
the
responses,
EPA
has
divided
the
"
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture"
portion
of
the
questionnaire
into
two
parts:

&
Description
of
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture
Units
&
Pollutant
Control
Practices
*
CBI
Site
Diagram
Please
draw
a
layout
sketch
of
your
floating
aquaculture
and
bottom
culture
units
and
attach
the
layout
sketch
to
the
back
of
the
survey.
On
the
following
page,
EPA
has
provided
an
example
to
help
you
provide
the
level
of
detail
that
EPA
is
seeking
to
fully
understand
your
system.
Provide
additional
notes
on
your
layout
sketch
to
help
explain
details,
if
needed.
Please
include
and
label
any
of
the
following
that
apply:

&
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
(
please
indicate
sizes)

&
locations
of
prominent
landmarks
&
waterbody
name
&
support
buildings/
structures
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
33
Example
Site
Diagram
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
34
Description
of
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture
Units
43.
*
CBI
Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
unit.
If
your
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units
are
significantly
different
sizes
or
are
used
for
different
purposes,
use
separate
rows
to
describe
these
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units.
You
may
give
approximate
sizes,
but
please
remember
to
indicate
whether
your
measurement
is
in
feet,
meters,
acres,
or
another
measurement
unit.
Floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units
of
roughly
the
same
size
may
be
grouped
and
entered
in
one
row.
Please
enter
the
range
of
sizes
if
they
are
grouped
in
the
table
below.
Please
indicate
the
average
depth
of
water
at
your
site.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
floating
aquaculture
units
or
bottom
culture
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Number
of
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units
Dimensions
Length
Width
Area
Depth
of
water
mussel
culture
 
long
line
and
string
EXAMPLE
2
long
lines
1,000
ft
10
ft
12
ft
oyster
bottom
culture
EXAMPLE
1
 
 
25
acres
5
ft
Comments
on
your
answers
to
question
43
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
35
44.
*
CBI
Please
enter
the
location
and
water
depth
under
the
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)
Latitude
Longitude
Description
of
location
of
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units
(
please
be
as
specific
as
possible)

mussel
culture
 
long
line
and
string
N
35
(
58'
25"
W
75
58'
48"
2,000
ft
east
of
Smith
Island
Channel,
Chesapeake
Bay
oyster
bottom
culture
N
35
(
58'
25"
W
75
58'
48"
2,500
ft
northeast
of
Smith
Island
Channel,
Chesapeake
Bay
Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
44
____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

45.
*
CBI
If
you
have
an
NPDES
permit,
what
is
the
permit
number?
____________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
36
Pollutant
Control
Practices
46.
*
CBI
Certain
management
practices
can
be
used
to
improve
effluent
quality
in
and
around
your
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units.
Check
any
of
the
practices
you
use
in
these
floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units.

*
Floating
aquaculture
or
bottom
culture
units
are
sited
in
areas
of
good
flushing.

*
Aquatic
animal
inventory
is
controlled.

*
Aquatic
animals
are
routinely
screened
to
ensure
animal
health.

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

If
you
have
any
of
the
following
aquaculture
production
systems
on
your
site,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
going
to
the
appropriate
sections:

F.
Other
Aquaculture
Systems
(
begins
on
page
A­
37)

If
you
have
only
floating
aquaculture
and
bottom
culture
at
your
site,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
filling
out
sections
5
 
8
(
starting
on
page
A­
44).
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
37
F.
Other
Aquaculture
Systems
The
following
questions
are
designed
to
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
your
facility
and
how
you
manage
the
water
in
your
aquaculture
systems.
This
section
is
intended
for
systems
that
do
not
fit
any
other
categories
(
i.
e.,
Ponds,
Flow
Through,
Recirculating,
Net
Pens
and
Cages,
and
Floating
Aquaculture
and
Bottom
Culture).
Please
call
the
Technical
Help
Line,
(
888)
743­
1449,
if
you
have
any
questions
before
proceeding.
EPA
is
interested
in
learning
about
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
water
before
it
is
discharged
from
your
aquaculture
systems.
EPA
is
also
interested
in
any
treatments
or
management
practices
that
you
use
after
water
is
discharged
from
your
aquaculture
systems.
For
the
purpose
of
this
survey,
a
discharge
is
water
that
is
no
longer
being
used
for
production
of
an
aquatic
species,
for
example,
water
from
drains,
overflows,
solids
filter
backwash,
and
any
other
production
unit
water
that
is
not
being
used
for
culture.
EPA
recognizes
that
there
is
some
diversity
in
the
types
of
aquaculture
systems.
In
an
attempt
to
acknowledge
this
diversity
and
to
help
organize
the
responses,
EPA
has
divided
the
"
Other
Aquaculture
Systems"
portion
of
the
questionnaire
into
four
parts,
each
consisting
of
one
to
three
questions.

&
Aquaculture
System
Description
&
Aquaculture
System
Water
Discharges
&
Pollutant
Control
Practices
&
Wastewater
Discharge
*
CBI
Site
Diagram
Please
draw
a
layout
sketch
of
your
aquaculture
systems
and
clearly
indicate
the
locations
of
sources
of
water
and
where
water
is
discharged.
Attach
the
layout
sketch
to
the
back
of
the
survey.
On
the
following
page,
EPA
has
provided
an
example
to
help
you
provide
the
level
of
detail
that
EPA
is
seeking
to
fully
understand
your
system.
Provide
additional
notes
on
your
layout
sketch
to
help
explain
details,
if
needed.
Please
include
and
label
any
of
the
following
that
apply:

&
aquaculture
systems
(
please
indicate
tanks
and
sizes;
details
on
the
filtration
system
are
not
needed)

&
drain
locations
&
water
source
&
support
buildings/
structures
&
any
treatments
outside
of
the
aquaculture
systems
&
discharge
locations
from
property
&
property
boundary
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
38
Site
Diagram
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
39
Aquaculture
System
Description
47.
*
CBI
Please
describe
your
water
source
a.
What
is
the
water
source
for
your
aquaculture
systems?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
groundwater
(
wells
or
springs).

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
surface
water
body.

*
Water
is
pumped
or
flows
from
a
public
supply
(
municipal
or
irrigation).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
________________________________

b.
Is
your
water
source
freshwater
or
saltwater?
(
Please
check
all
that
apply.)

*
Freshwater
*
Saltwater
(
which
includes
brackish,
estuarine,
ocean,
and
tidal
sources)

48.
*
CBI
Please
list
the
number
and
types
of
aquaculture
systems
at
your
facility.

Please
use
a
separate
row
for
each
different
type
of
aquaculture
system.
If
the
sizes
or
uses
of
your
aquaculture
systems
are
significantly
different,
use
separate
rows
to
describe
these
aquaculture
systems.
You
may
give
approximate
volumes,
but
please
remember
to
indicate
whether
your
measurement
is
in
gallons,
cubic
feet,
or
another
measurement
unit.
Aquaculture
systems
of
roughly
the
same
size
may
be
grouped
and
entered
in
one
row.
Please
enter
a
range
of
volumes
if
they
are
grouped
in
the
table
below.

The
average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water
is
similar
to
what
is
sometimes
referred
to
as
the
percent
recycle
and
is
the
approximate
average
daily
volume
of
water
added
to
each
aquaculture
system
to
compensate
for
evaporation,
daily
drainage,
solids
removal,
and
other
daily
water
losses.
Please
be
sure
to
include
the
units
when
reporting
the
average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
aquaculture
system
Number
of
this
type
of
system
Average
system
volume
Average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water
alligator
production
huts
EXAMPLE
3
2,400
cubic
feet
(
60
ft
x
40
ft
x
1
ft)
1,000
gal
Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
48
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
40
Aquaculture
System
Water
Discharges
49.
*
CBI
Please
describe
what
happens
to
water
that
is
discharged
from
your
aquaculture
system.
Please
enter
a
separate
line
for
each
different
type
of
aquaculture
system
that
you
listed
in
question
48.
The
first
column
should
be
filled
in
exactly
as
the
first
column
in
question
48
(
see
example).

The
average
daily
effluent
volume
from
the
aquaculture
system
is
broken
into
three
components:

&
overflow
and
drains
 
water
volume
that
is
discharged
(
daily)
from
the
aquaculture
system
from
overflow
pipes
or
drains,
which
may
be
a
result
of
adding
new
water
to
the
system,
routine
cleaning,
or
other
activities
&
solids
removal
 
­
water
volume
that
is
discharged
(
daily)
from
the
aquaculture
system
that
comes
directly
from
a
solids
removal
process,
for
example,
a
microscreen,
settling
basin,
or
other
solids
removal
equipment
&
other
 
water
volume
that
is
discharged
(
daily)
from
the
aquaculture
system
from
any
other
source,
for
example,
biofilter
cleaning
or
any
other
source
The
total
of
the
average
daily
effluent
volume
from
the
system
should
be
less
than
or
equal
to
the
average
daily
volume
of
make­
up
water.
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
aquaculture
system
Average
daily
effluent
volumes
Overflow
and
drains
Solids
removal
Other
(
please
describe
in
comments
section
below)

alligator
production
huts
EXAMPLE
1,000
gpd
0
0
Comments
on
your
answers
in
Question
49
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
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50.
*
CBI
Please
describe
how
often
you
completely
drain
your
aquaculture
systems,
any
cleaning
or
treatments
that
are
done
to
the
tanks,
and
where
the
drainage
water
goes.

EPA
is
interested
in
how
often
aquaculture
system
tanks
are
completely
drained
as
a
part
of
routine
management,
for
example,
when
you
harvest
fish
to
sell
or
transfer
to
another
system.
EPA
is
also
interested
in
any
cleaning
or
treatments
that
you
do
to
the
tanks
while
they
are
drained,
for
example,
scrubbing
with
brushes
and
disinfecting
with
iodine
solution.
When
tanks
are
routinely
drained,
where
does
the
water
go?
Follow
the
example
provided
in
the
table.

Description
of
aquaculture
system
On
average,
how
often
do
you
completely
drain
this
type
of
aquaculture
system?
Describe
any
cleaning,
disinfection,
or
other
treatments
that
are
done
in
the
tanks
when
the
system
is
drained.
(
Please
be
as
specific
as
possible
and
include
the
names
of
any
chemicals
used.)
Where
does
the
drainage
water
go
when
you
completely
drain
the
systems?
(
Please
be
as
specific
as
possible
describing
where
the
water
goes.)

alligator
production
huts
EXAMPLE
1/
month
brush
and
disinfect
with
chlorine
bleach
solution
aerated
lagoon
Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
50
________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
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42
Pollutant
Control
Practices
51.
*
CBI
Certain
management
practices
can
be
used
to
improve
effluent
quality
before
the
water
leaves
the
aquaculture
system.
Check
any
of
the
practices
used
in
these
aquaculture
systems.

*
Aquatic
animals
are
fed
carefully
to
avoid
overfeeding.

*
Aquatic
animal
inventory
is
controlled.

*
Aquatic
animals
are
routinely
screened
to
ensure
aquatic
animal
health.

*
Tanks
are
routinely
cleaned.

*
Mortalities
are
removed
frequently.

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

52.
*
CBI
Certain
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
reduce
aquaculture
system
effluent
volumes
or
improve
effluent
quality
after
the
water
leaves
the
aquaculture
system.
Check
any
of
the
practices
used
in
these
aquaculture
systems.

*
Water
is
sent
to
sedimentation
basins,
lagoons,
or
ponds.

*
Routine
solids
removal
from
sedimentation
basins,
lagoons,
or
ponds
(
frequency
of
solids
removal
_______).

*
Water
is
sent
to
biological
filters
(
other
than
those
in
the
aquaculture
system)
for
BOD
and/
or
nitrogen
treatment.

*
Water
is
aerated.

*
Water
is
chlorinated.

*
Water
is
dechlorinated.

*
Water
is
ozonated.

*
Water
is
UV
irradiated.

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
waste
stabilization
lagoon
(
including
aeration
lagoons
or
ponds).

*
Water
is
used
for
irrigation.

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
vegetated
drainage
ditch.

*
Water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch.

*
Solids
are
filtered
using
screens
(
other
than
those
used
in
the
aquaculture
system
itself;
e.
g.,
micro
screens,
rotating
screens,
vibrating
screens).

*
Water
is
sent
to
a
wetland
treatment
system.

*
Water
is
stored
on­
site
and
is
reused
in
aquaculture
systems.

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

53.
*
CBI
Certain
pollutant
control
practices
can
be
used
to
treat
solids
(
manure
or
biosolids)
that
result
from
solids
separation
practices
after
the
solids
leave
the
aquaculture
systems.
Check
any
of
the
practices
used
to
treat
solids.

*
Storage
tanks
or
lagoons.

*
Composting.

*
Incineration.

*
Municipal
sewage
system
or
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
POTW).

*
Land
application.

*
Vacuum
trucks.

*
Off­
line
dewatering
(
drying
or
dehydrating).

*
Other
(
please
describe)
_____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
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43
Wastewater
Discharge
54.
*
CBI
How
does
water
from
your
aquaculture
system
leave
your
property?
This
question
will
provide
EPA
with
an
understanding
of
what
happens
to
the
water
after
it
leaves
your
aquaculture
system
and
property.

*
Aquaculture
system
water
is
sent
directly
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Aquaculture
system
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
and
eventually
flows
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody
that
is
not
on
my
property.
If
this
is
the
case,
please
estimate
how
far
the
water
flows
on
private
property
(
your
property
or
other
private
property)
before
it
enters
a
public
waterbody.
(
Be
sure
to
indicate
units­
feet
or
miles.)
_________________________

*
Aquaculture
system
water
is
sent
to
a
ditch
that
leaves
my
property
but
is
used
by
another
farmer
for
irrigation
and
does
not
flow
into
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody.

*
Aquaculture
system
water
is
sent
to
a
publicly
owned
treatment
works
(
i.
e.,
the
sewer).

*
Aquaculture
system
water
does
not
leave
my
property
because
(
please
check
all
that
apply):

*
aquaculture
system
water
is
sent
to
an
infiltration
ditch
located
on
my
property
*
aquaculture
system
water
is
sent
to
an
injection
well
located
on
my
property
*
aquaculture
system
water
is
evaporated
from
ponds
or
lagoons
located
on
my
property
*
aquaculture
system
water
is
used
to
irrigate
crops
on
my
property
*
other
(
please
describe)
_________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Comments
on
your
answers
to
Question
54
______________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

55.
*
CBI
If
you
have
an
NPDES
permit,
what
is
the
permit
number?
____________________________________

56.
*
CBI
If
your
aquaculture
system
water
eventually
goes
to
a
stream,
river,
lake,
estuary,
ocean,
or
other
public
waterbody,
please
identify
the
name
of
the
waterbody
and
its
location
(
river
mile
or
prominent
landmark,
if
known)
____________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

If
you
have
only
"
other"
aquaculture
systems
at
your
site
AND
aquaculture
system
water
leaves
your
property,
please
continue
this
questionnaire
by
filling
out
sections
5
 
8
(
starting
on
page
A­
44).

You
may
go
directly
to
the
certification
statement
at
the
end
of
the
survey.
Please
fill
out
Certification
Statement
1(
Part
C,
page
C­
1),
sign
it,
and
return
the
survey
to
the
address
provided.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
44
COPY
#____
of
____

Section
5.
COST
INFORMATION
Reminder:
If
effluent
does
not
leave
your
property
you
do
not
have
to
fill
out
the
remainder
of
the
survey.
You
may
go
directly
to
the
Certification
Statement
at
the
end
of
the
survey
(
Part
C,
page
C­
1).

57.
*
CBI
In
the
previous
subsections,
you
identified
the
pollution
control
practices
that
you
use
to
treat
water
after
it
leaves
your
aquaculture
production
system(
s)
(
for
example,
ponds,
raceways,
recirculating
systems,
etc.).
The
information
you
provide
in
this
section
is
designed
to
inform
EPA
about
the
costs
of
these
pollution
control
practices.
Complete
the
tables
on
page
A­
45
for
each
pollution
control
practice
that
you
use.
The
different
cost
elements
(
capital
investment,
planning
and
design,
labor
for
installation)
are
included
to
help
you
provide
all
of
the
costs
associated
with
a
particular
pollution
control
practice.
If
you
only
know
the
total
cost
of
a
pollution
control
practice,
then
enter
the
total
cost
in
the
"
Total
cost"
cell.
See
page
A­
46
for
an
example
of
the
information
that
EPA
is
seeking.

Make
copies
of
this
page
and
the
tables
on
page
A­
45
BEFORE
you
fill
them
out
so
that
you
have
two
separate
sheets
for
each
piece
of
equipment
and/
or
wastewater
treatment
process
(
including
best
management
practices
that
are
used
to
treat
the
water
before
it
leaves
the
production
unit)
used
at
the
facility.
Label
each
copy
in
the
spaces
provided
in
the
top
right
corner
of
the
page.

*
Check
this
box
if
there
have
been
no
wastewater
treatment
investment
costs
since
the
inception
of
this
facility
and
go
to
Question
58
on
page
A­
47.

Please
describe
the
pollution
control
practice:
______________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

What
year
did
you
install
this
pollution
control
practice?
______________________________________
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
45
COPY#
OF
Cost
element­
Initial
investment
Original
cost
Capital
investment
$

Planning
and
design
$

Labor
for
installation
$

Other
costs
(
please
list
cost
element)

$

$

$

Total
cost
$

Cost
element­
Annual
costs
Original
cost
Labor
for
maintenance
$

Maintenance
supplies
and
materials
$

Energy
$

Other
costs
(
please
list
cost
element)

$

$

$

Total
cost
$
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
46
Example
of
cost
information
for
pollution
control
practices
Facility
X
grows
Tilapia
in
a
recirculating
system.
Facility
X
uses
a
1­
acre
off­
line
settling
basin
and
land
applies
the
collected
solids.
The
settling
basin
is
made
of
concrete,
and
the
solids
are
pumped
weekly
to
a
storage
tank.
Once
a
month,
the
storage
tank
is
pumped
out
and
the
slurry
is
land
applied
on
land
that
the
fish
farmer
owns.

Please
describe
the
pollution
control
practice:
A
1­
acre
off­
line
settling
basin
made
of
concrete
and
built
in
1995.
The
settling
basin
has
a
storage
capacity
of
2
weeks
at
Facility
X
during
periods
of
maximum
production,
about
325,000
gallons
of
settled
solids.
A
1.5­
million­
gallon
enameled
steel
manure
storage
tank
is
located
on­
site
to
store
solids
pumped
out
of
the
settling
basin.
The
transfer
pump
from
the
settling
basin
to
the
storage
tank
is
a
15­
hp
high
solids
pump
with
250
ft.
of
4­
inch
PVC
pipe.
A
10­
hp
pump
is
used
to
agitate
and
pump
out
the
storage
tank.

What
year
did
you
install
this
practice?
1995.

Cost
element­
Initial
cost
Original
Cost
Capital
investment­
concrete
settling
basin,
1.5­
million­
gallon
storage
tank,
15­
hp
pump,
10­
hp
pump,
250­
ft
PVC
pipe,
other
supplies
$
45,000
Planning
and
design
­
engineering,
planning,
surveying,
planning
$
5,000
Labor
for
installation
$
5,000
Other
costs
(
please
list
cost
element)

Electrical
hook­
up
$
2,500
Total
cost
$
58,000
Cost
element
­
Annual
costs
Original
cost
Labor
for
maintenance
­
pump
out
@
10
hours
biweekly;
land
application
@
20
hours/
month;
general
maintenance
@
40
hours/
year
$
5,400
Maintenance
supplies
and
materials
$
2,500
Energy
$
2,000
Other
costs
(
please
list
cost
element)

$

$

$

Total
cost
$
9,900
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
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58.
*
CBI
The
purpose
of
this
question
is
to
help
EPA
understand
the
total
annual
operating
costs
at
your
facility
in
fiscal
year
2000,
including
costs
associated
with
wastewater
treatment.
In
column
2,
provide
your
best
estimate
of
the
total
annual
quantity
of
each
item
used
in
the
unit
measure
provided.
If
you
do
not
use
a
particular
item,
please
enter
"
0"
rather
than
leaving
it
blank.
In
column
3,
provide
your
best
estimate
of
the
price
per
unit.

ESTIMATED
TOTAL
ANNUAL
OPERATING
COSTS
AT
YOUR
FACILITY
IN
FISCAL
YEAR
2000
1
2
3
Item
Unit
Total
quantity
Unit
price
Eggs
(
specify
unit)

Seed
(
shellfish
operations)
(
specify
unit)

Fingerlings
(
specify
unit)

Broodstock
(
specify
unit)

Feed
tons
Predator
control
(
specify
unit)

Chemicals
Antibiotic
feed
pounds
Liquid
fertilizer
gallons
Dry
fertilizer
pounds
Liquid
insecticide,
pesticide,
piscicide,
or
herbicide
gallons
Dry
insecticide,
pesticide,
piscicide,
or
herbicide
pounds
Copper
sulfate
pounds
Potassium
permanganate
pounds
Lime
(
specify
unit)

Other
(
please
list)
_____________
(
specify
unit)

Paid
Labor
Part­
time
(<
40
hours/
week)
number
of
employees
hours/
week
Full­
time
(

40
hours/
week)
number
of
employees
hours/
week
Paid
Management
number
of
employees
hours/
week
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
ESTIMATED
TOTAL
ANNUAL
OPERATING
COSTS
AT
YOUR
FACILITY
IN
FISCAL
YEAR
2000
1
2
3
Item
Unit
Total
quantity
Unit
price
A­
48
Unpaid
Labor
Part­
time
(<
40
hours/
week)
number
of
employees
hours/
week
Full­
time
(

40
hours/
week)
number
of
employees
hours/
week
Unpaid
Management
number
of
employees
hours/
week
Repairs
and
Maintenance
Machinery/
equipment
(
specify
unit)

Levee
repairs/
pond
renovation
(
specify
unit)

Electricity
kilowatt­
hour
Well
operation
acre­
feet
Gasoline,
fuel,
oil
(
specify
unit)

Harvesting
and
hauling
(
specify
unit)

Section
7.
MONITORING
INFORMATION
*
CBI
59.
Complete
the
table
for
pollutants
in
discharged
wastewater
that
were
sampled/
monitored
at
your
facility
in
the
past
three
years.
Provide
the
name
of
the
pollutant(
s)
sampled
or
monitored
and
the
sampling
frequency.

*
Check
this
box
if
no
sampling/
monitoring
of
wastewater
has
been
conducted
at
this
facility.

*
Check
this
box
if
sampling/
monitoring
was
conducted
prior
to
1998.

Pollutant
sampled/
monitored
Sampling
frequency
(
weekly,
monthly,
quarterly,
annually)

2000
1999
1998
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
49
Section
8.
PRODUCT
LOSSES
*
CBI
60.
What
was
the
estimated
total
loss
of
fish
or
other
animal
aquaculture
(
including
losses
from
predation,
escapes,
mortalities,
disease,
or
other)
from
this
facility
in
fiscal
year
2000
for
each
of
the
following?

Number
of
eggs/
larvae
Number
of
fry/
seed
Number
of
fingerlings
Number
of
stockers
Number
of
food­
size
Number
of
brood
stock
Total
losses
*
CBI
61.
If
escapement
data
are
available,
how
many
finfish,
shellfish,
or
other
animal
aquaculture
(
e.
g.,
alligators,
turtles,
frogs)
escaped
from
your
facility
in
fiscal
year
2000?
See
definitions
of
native
and
nonnative
species
in
definitions
section
of
the
survey.

*
Check
this
box
if
there
were
no
escapes
or
you
did
not
monitor
escapes
at
this
facility
in
2000
and
go
to
question
62.

Number
of
eggs/
larvae
Number
of
fry/
seed
Number
of
fingerlings
Number
of
stockers
Number
of
food­
size
Number
of
brood
stock
Native
species
Nonnative
species
Section
9.
FEED
INFORMATION
62.
*
CBI
For
fiscal
year
2000,
indicate
the
number
of
tons
of
aquatic
animal
production
feed
used
annually
and
in
your
peak
month,
the
type
of
feed
used
and
the
feed
content.
List
all
diets
used
at
the
facility
(
for
example,
larval,
growout,
maintenance,
etc.).

Regular
Feed
Nonmedicated
feed
types
Annual
amount
used
(
in
tons)
Peak
month
amount
used
(
in
tons)
Manufacturer
and
product
number/
ID
Feed
content
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
Nonmedicated
feed
types
Annual
amount
used
(
in
tons)
Peak
month
amount
used
(
in
tons)
Manufacturer
and
product
number/
ID
Feed
content
A­
50
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
Medicated
Feed
Medicated
feed
types
Annual
amount
used
(
in
tons)
Peak
month
amount
used
(
in
tons)
Manufacturer
and
product
number/
ID
Active
medication
ingredient
Feed
content
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
___
%
protein
___
%
phosphorus
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
A­
51
COMMENTS
Question
Number
Check
If
Confidential
Comment
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
1
PART
B
ECONOMIC
AND
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
In
developing
effluent
guidelines,
EPA
is
required
under
the
Clean
Water
Act
to
evaluate
the
economic
impacts
of
potential
additional
water
pollution
control
costs
to
the
industry.
One
element
of
EPA's
economic
analysis
will
be
a
determination
of
the
proposed
regulation's
impacts
on
individual
facilities.
Using
actual
facility­
level
financial
information
is
the
most
accurate
way
to
estimate
these
impacts.
With
this
information,
EPA's
analysis
can
compare
facility­
specific
costs
of
compliance
to
facility
financial
data.
For
each
proposed
regulatory
option
under
consideration,
EPA
can
estimate
the
likelihood
of
any
facility
closures
and
also
estimate
financial
impacts
that
are
less
severe
than
closure.
To
estimate
potential
closures,
EPA
generally
uses
a
standard
financial
decision
model
that
predicts
closure
if
net
income
changes
from
positive
to
negative
after
incurring
any
additional
pollution
control
costs.
Other
impacts,
such
as
losses
in
output,
losses
in
revenue,
and
losses
in
employment,
can
be
calculated
directly
from
the
closure
analysis
and
corresponding
facility­
level
data
collected
in
this
survey.

In
addition
to
requesting
cost
and
income
information,
EPA
is
also
requesting
a
limited
set
of
balance
sheet
information.
This
information
will
allow
EPA
to
more
fully
evaluate
a
farm's
financial
performance
using
criteria
that
have
been
established
by
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Agriculture
(
USDA),
as
well
as
other
financial
ratios
that
are
commonly
used
by
USDA
and
industry
to
assess
farm
financial
performance.

For
example,
in
its
analyses
of
the
financial
performance
of
U.
S.
farms,
USDA
uses
a
combination
of
a
farm's
net
income
and
debt­
to­
asset
ratio
to
classify
the
overall
financial
position
of
a
farm
based
on
annual
earnings
and
solvency.
Net
farm
income
 
which
is
obtained
from
income
statement
information
(
i.
e.,
income
and
expenses)
 
provides
a
measure
of
long­
term
profitability.
Debt­
to­
asset
ratios,
which
are
obtained
from
balance
sheet
information
(
i.
e.,
assets
and
liabilities),
provide
a
measure
of
a
farm's
financial
risk.
Together
these
two
measures
provide
an
indicator
of
the
farm's
long­
term
financial
health
and
viability.
USDA's
financial
classification
of
U.
S.
farms
identifies
an
operation
with
negative
income
and
a
high
debt­
asset
ratio
as
"
vulnerable."
An
operation
with
positive
income
and
a
low
debt­
asset
ratio
is
considered
"
favorable."

Other
financial
ratios
commonly
used
by
USDA
and
industry
to
measure
farm
financial
performance
also
rely
on
balance
sheet
information.
These
include
other
measures
of
solvency,
leverage,
liquidity,
and
profitability
(
e.
g.,
return
on
assets
and
returns
on
equity).

COST
AND
INCOME
INFORMATION
The
next
section
requests
cost
and
income
information
for
3
years:
2000,
1999,
and
1998.
Information
is
being
requested
both
at
the
farm
facility
level
(
i.
e.,
total
farm
operations)
and
at
the
aquaculture
level
(
i.
e.,
aquatic
animal
production
only).
Respondents
may
choose
to
voluntarily
provide
EPA
with
a
photocopy
of
their
2000,
1999,
and
1998
tax
forms
(
e.
g.,
Schedule
F,
Schedule
C,
Form
1120
or
1120S)
or
prepared
income
statements
instead
of
completing
Question
64
related
to
total
farm/
facility
operations
(
federal
tax
returns
and
return
information
is
kept
confidential
as
provided
in
the
federal
code
at
26
U.
S.
C.
§
6103).
To
the
degree
possible,
EPA
has
identified
the
corresponding
tax
form
line
items
(
Schedule
F
and
Schedule
C)
where
the
requested
data
can
be
found.

EPA
recognizes
that
some
facilities
may
not
maintain
income
records
at
the
aquaculture
level,
and
it
does
not
intend
for
these
respondents
to
hire
a
professional
to
help
them
complete
this
question
(
Question
67).
However,
EPA
believes
that
it
can
perform
a
better
economic
analysis
with
best
financial
estimates
rather
than
no
information.
As
necessary,
respondents
may
call
the
toll­
free
Economic
Helpline
at
(
800)
566­
7364
for
assistance
in
completing
these
questions.

*
CBI
63.
Please
check
the
box
identifying
the
accounting
method
used
at
your
facility.
(
See
Definitions
on
page
vi.)


Cash

Accrual
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
2
TOTAL
FARM/
FACILITY
INFORMATION
*
CBI
64.
Total
farm/
facility
information.
Complete
the
following
information
for
fiscal
years
2000,
1999,
and
1998.
Report
amounts
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.
If
you
prefer,
EPA
will
complete
this
question
if
you
submit
copies
of
your
2000,
1999,
and
1998
tax
forms
or
prepared
income
statements.

(
Reference
tax
schedule
and
line
numbers
follow
in
parentheses)
2000
1999
1998
Total
Sales
(
Schedule
F,
cash
­
sum
of
lines
3
and
4,
accrual
­
line
38;
Schedule
C,
line
1)
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
Gross
Income
(
Schedule
F,
cash
­
line
11,
accrual
­
line
51;
Schedule
C,
line
7)
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
Total
Expenses
(
Schedule
F,
line
35;
Schedule
C,
line
28)
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
$__
__,__
__
__,
000
Individual
Expense
Items
a.
Chemicals
(
F:
13)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
b.
Depreciation
(
F:
16;
C:
12
and
C:
13)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
c.
Feed
purchased
(
F:
18)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
d.
Fertilizers
and
lime
(
F:
19)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
e.
Gasoline,
fuel,
and
oil
(
F:
21)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
f.
Insurance
(
other
than
health;
F:
22;
C:
15)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
g.
Interest­
mortgage
(
F:
23a;
C:
16a)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
h.
Interest­
other
(
F:
23b;
C:
16b)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
i.
Labor
hired
(
F:
24;
C:
26)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
j.
Rent
or
lease­
vehicles,
machinery,
and
equipment
(
F:
26a;
C:
20a)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
k.
Rent
or
lease­
land,
animals,
other
(
F:
26b;
C:
20b)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
l.
Repairs
&
maintenance
(
F:
27;
C:
21)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
m.
Taxes
(
F:
31;
C:
23)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
n.
Utilities
(
F:
32;
C:
25)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
COMPLETE
THE
FOLLOWING
ONLY
IF
YOU
USE
ACCRUAL
ACCOUNTING
(
Enter
"
NA"
if
you
use
cash
accounting)

o.
Cost
of
aquatic
animals,
livestock,
produce,
grains,
and
other
products
sold
(
F:
50;
C42)
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
3
*
CBI
65.
Did
any
of
the
total
sales
in
Question
47
come
from
fee
fishing
operations?

NO
*
Go
to
Question
66.

YES
*
Please
answer
the
following.
Report
amounts
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.

Check
box
if
data
are
best
estimates
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
*
2000
Sales
from
Fee
Fishing
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
column
blank)
1999
Sales
from
Fee
Fishing
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
column
blank)
1998
Sales
from
Fee
Fishing
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
column
blank)

$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
CBI
66.
Did
you
raise
any
agricultural
products
other
than
aquatic
animals
in
2000,
1999,
or
1998?

NO
*
Go
to
Question
68.

YES
*
Please
answer
the
following.
Report
amounts
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.

Check
box
if
data
are
best
estimates
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
*
Type
of
Agricultural
Product
2000
Sales
from
Other
Agricultural
Products
Not
in
Operation....
*
(
Leave
column
blank)
1999
Sales
from
Other
Agricultural
Products
Not
in
Operation....
*
(
Leave
column
blank)
1998
Sales
from
Other
Agricultural
Products
Not
in
Operation....
*
(
Leave
column
blank)

a.
Other
livestock
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
b.
Crops
co­
located
with
aquatic
animal
production
(
Crops
grown_____________)
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
c.
Land
crops
not
co­
located
with
aquatic
animal
production
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
d.
Aquatic
plants
(
algae,
seaweed,
etc.)
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
e.
Other____________________
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
4
FISH,
SHELLFISH,
OR
OTHER
AQUATIC
ANIMAL
PRODUCTION
INFORMATION
Questions
67
and
68
request
information
specific
to
your
aquatic
animal
production
operation.
As
a
reminder,
you
do
not
have
to
complete
Question
67
if
aquatic
animals
were
the
only
agricultural
products
you
produced
in
2000,
1999,
and
1998.

*
CBI
67.
Aquatic
Animal
Information.
Complete
the
following
information
for
fiscal
years
2000,
1999,
and
1998.
Report
amounts
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.
If
you
cannot
separate
any
of
the
individual
expense
items
into
"
aquatic
animal
production"
and
"
other
total
farm"
costs,
enter
"
NA."
If
the
cost
of
aquatic
animal
production
for
an
individual
expense
item
is
zero,
enter
"
0."
Do
not
leave
any
of
the
cells
blank.
You
must
provide
information
on
the
Gross
Income
and
Total
Expenses
at
your
farm
facility
related
to
aquatic
animal
production.

Check
one
box:
The
values
given
below
are:
from
prepared
financial
statements
*
my
best
financial
estimates
*
(
Reference
tax
schedule
and
line
numbers
follow
in
parenthesis
 
information
requested
will
be
a
portion
of
these
line
items)
2000
1999
1998
Gross
Income
(
Part
of
Schedule
F,
cash
 
line
11,
accrual
 
­
line
51;
Schedule
C,
line
7)
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
Total
Expenses
(
Part
of
Schedule
F,
line
35;
Schedule
C,
line
28)
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
Individual
Expense
Items
a.
Chemicals
(
F:
13)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
b.
Depreciation
(
F:
16;
C:
12
and
C:
13)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
c.
Feed
purchased
(
F:
18)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
d.
Fertilizers
and
lime
(
F:
19)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
e.
Gasoline,
fuel,
and
oil
(
F:
21)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
f.
Insurance
(
other
than
health;
F:
22;
C:
15)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
g.
Interest
 
mortgage
(
F:
23a;
C:
16a)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
h.
Interest
 
­
other
(
F:
23b;
C:
16b)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
i.
Labor
hired
(
F:
24;
C:
26)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
j.
Rent
or
lease
 
vehicles,
machinery,
and
equipment
(
F:
26a;
C:
20a)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
k.
Rent
or
lease
 
land,
animals,
other
(
F:
26b;
C:
20b)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
l.
Repairs
&
maintenance
(
F:
27;
C:
21)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
m.
Taxes
(
F:
31;
C:
23)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
n.
Utilities
(
F:
32;
C:
25)
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__,__
__
__,
000
COMPLETE
THE
FOLLOWING
ONLY
IF
YOU
USE
ACCRUAL
ACCOUNTING
(
enter
"
NA"
if
you
use
cash
accounting):

o.
Cost
of
Aquatic
Animals
Sold
 
Eggs,
Seed,
Fry,
Fingerlings,
Broodfish,
etc.
(
Part
of
F:
50;
C:
42)
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
5
Copy
#___
of
___

*
CBI
68.
For
each
of
the
different
species
of
aquatic
animals
produced
at
your
farm/
facility
in
2000,
1999
and
1998,
what
were
the
total
quantities
sold
and
the
associated
sales?
Fill
in
the
appropriate
life
cycle
and
unit
codes
as
described
below.
If
additional
space
is
required,
photocopy
this
page
BEFORE
writing
on
it
and
label
each
copy
in
the
space
provided
at
the
top
right
corner
of
the
page.
Report
sales
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.

Check
box
if
data
are
best
estimates
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
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.
*
Life
Cycle
Code
0
Eggs/
Seed/
Initial
Stock
1
Fry
2
Fingerlings
3
Stockers
4
Food­
size
5
Broodfish/
Broodstock
Unit
Code
1
Pounds
live
weight
2
Number
or
count
3
Pounds
per
1,000
fish
4
Live
dry
bushels
5
Dozen
Species
(
see
Appendix
A
for
level
of
detial)
Life
Cycle
Code
Unit
Code
2000
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1999
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1998
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)

Quantity
Sold
Sales
Quantity
Sold
Sales
Quantity
Sold
Sales
________________
___
___
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
________________
___
___
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
________________
___
___
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
________________
___
___
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
________________
___
___
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
________________
___
___
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
________________
___
___
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
Total
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
_
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
$
__
__,__
__
__,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
6
BALANCE
SHEET
INFORMATION
Questions
69
through
71
request
information
at
the
company
level.
If
the
owner
of
this
farm/
facility
does
not
own
additional
farms/
facilities,
then
the
total
farm
level
is
equivalent
to
the
company
level.
These
questions
request
information
on
assets
and
liabilities
as
they
were
at
the
end
of
the
year
(
December
31)
2000
for
your
company
(
or
prepared
at
the
total
farm
level
if
this
is
the
only
farm/
facility
owned).

*
CBI
69.
Does
your
farm
facility
prepare
corporate
balance
sheets?

NO
*
Go
to
Question
70.

YES
*
Complete
the
following
information
for
assets
and
liabilities
at
the
company
as
they
were
on
December
31,
2000.
Report
dollar
amounts
rounded
to
the
nearest
thousand.
Continue
with
Question
71
when
finished
(
skip
Question
70).
If
you
prefer,
you
may
submit
a
copy
of
your
December
31,
2000
balance
sheet
instead
of
completing
the
question.

Check
one
box:
The
balance
sheet
is
based
on:
cost
method
*
market
value
method
*
not
sure
*
ASSETS
a.
Current
assets,
excluding
inventories
(
any
asset
that
can
reasonably
be
expected
to
be
used
up
or
converted
to
cash
or
sold
within
year
or
less,
e.
g.,
cash,
accounts
receivable,
prepaid
expenses)
$
__
__,__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
b.
Inventories
(
e.
g.,
fish,
fingerlings,
feed
and
supplies,
etc.)
IF
YOU
USE
THE
CASH
METHOD
OF
ACCOUNTING,
THIS
ENTRY
WILL
BE
ZERO.
$
__
__,__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
c.
Noncurrent
assets
(
any
asset
with
a
life
longer
than
1
year,
e.
g.,
real
estate,
buildings
and
improvements,
pond
system,
machinery
and
equipment,
broodstock,
and
investments
in
cooperatives)
$
__
__,__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
d.
Total
assets
(
sum
of
a
through
c)
$
__
__,__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
LIABILITIES
e.
Current
liabilities
(
debts
that
are
payable
within
1
year,
including
accounts
payable,
notes
payable
within
one
year,
accrued
expenses
and
taxes,
and
the
portion
of
long­
term
debt
that
you
pay
this
year)
$
__
__,__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
f.
Long­
term
debt
(
liabilities
that
are
paid
off
over
periods
greater
than
1
year,
including
mortgages,
notes,
bonds,
debentures,
long­
term
leases,
bank
debt,
and
deferred
income
taxes)
$
__
__,__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
7
*
CBI
70.
This
question
is
designed
to
help
you
construct
balance
sheet
information.
All
items
should
be
as
your
accounts
stood
on
December
31,
2000.
EPA
does
not
intend
for
respondents
to
hire
a
professional
to
help
them
complete
this
question.
However,
EPA
believes
that
it
can
perform
a
better
economic
analysis
with
best
financial
estimates
rather
than
no
information.
As
necessary,
respondents
may
call
the
toll­
free
Economic
Help
Line
at
1­
800­
566­
7364
for
assistance
in
completing
this
question.
Many
of
these
items
are
necessary
only
if
you
use
an
Accrual
Method
of
Accounting.
These
items
are
marked
with
an
asterisk
and
shaded.
If
you
use
a
Cash
Method,
you
need
only
fill
in
those
lines
that
are
not
shaded
and
put
"
NA"
in
the
shaded
areas.
Report
dollar
amounts
rounded
to
the
nearest
thousand.

ASSETS
Current
Assets
a
Cash
on
hand
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
b
Checking
account
balance
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
c
Savings
account
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
d
Cash­
any
short­
term
investment
that
can
be
turned
into
cash
within
a
year,
such
as
a
certificate
of
deposit,
stocks,
or
bonds
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
e
Accounts
Receivable
(
amount
due
from
customers
in
payment
for
merchandise)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
f
Prepaid
Rent
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
g
Prepaid
Insurance
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
h
Prepaid
Supplies/
Credit
at
local
supplier
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
TOTAL
CURRENT
ASSETS
EXCLUDING
INVENTORIES
(
add
items
a
 
h)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
i
Livestock­
seed/
eggs
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
j
Livestock­
fry
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
k
Livestock­
fingerlings
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
l
Livestock­
stockers
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
m
Livestock­
food
size
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
n
Livestock­
broodstock
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
o
Supplies
on
hand­
feed
and
feed
supplements
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
p
Supplies
on
hand­
medicated
feed
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
q
Supplies
on
hand­
fertilizers
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
r
Supplies
on
hand­
pesticides/
herbicides/
insecticides/
piscicides
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
s
Supplies
on
hand­
medicines
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
t
Supplies
on
hand­
water
treatment
and
cleaning
chemicals
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
u
Supplies
on
hand­
other
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
TOTAL
INVENTORIES
(
add
items
i
 
u)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
Noncurrent
Assets
v
Machinery,
Vehicles,
and
Equipment
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
w
Buildings
and
Improvements
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
8
x
Land
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
y
Investments
in
Capital
Leases
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
z
Investments
in
Other
Entities
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
aa
Investments
in
Cooperatives
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
TOTAL
NON­
CURRENT
ASSETS
(
add
items
v
 
aa)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
LIABILITIES
Current
Liabilities
*
bb
Outstanding
Credit
Card
balance
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
cc
Accounts
Payable
(
amounts
owed
to
suppliers)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
dd
Notes
Payable
within
a
year­
revolving
line
of
credit
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
ee
Notes
Payable
within
a
year­
CCC
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
ff
Notes
Payable
within
a
year­
other
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
gg
Current
Portion
of
Noncurrent
Debt­
Non­
real
estate
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
hh
Current
Portion
of
Noncurrent
Debt­
Real
estate
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
ii
Accrued
Interest
Payable
on
Loans
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
jj
Income
Taxes
and
Social
Security
Taxes
Payable
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
kk
Payroll
Accrual
(
salaries
and
wages
currently
owed)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
ll
Other
Current
Liabilities
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
TOTAL
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
(
add
items
bb
 
ll)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
Noncurrent
Liabilities
mm
Notes
longer
than
1
year
(
list
by
outstanding
balance
less
the
current
portion
due)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
nn
Mortgages
(
list
by
outstanding
balance
less
the
current
portion
due)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
*
oo
Noncurrent
Portion­
Deferred
Income
and
Social
Security
Taxes
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
TOTAL
NONCURRENT
LIABILITIES
(
add
items
mm
 
oo)
$
__
__
__,__
__
__,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
9
*
CBI
71.
Complete
the
following
table
for
fiscal
year
2000
at
the
company
level.
Provide
best
estimates
for
the
percent
each
industry
classification
contributes
to
the
facility
by
sales
and
total
production.

Industry
Classification
Finfish
aquaculture
Hatchery
Shellfish
farming
Other
aquatic
animal
production
Other
Row
total
Percent
of
sales
%
%
%
%
%
100%

Percent
of
total
production
(
lb.
or
other
units)
%
%
%
%
%
100%
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
B­
10
COMMENTS
Question
Number
Check
If
Confidential
Comment
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
GOVERNMENT
%


PART
B
ECONOMIC
AND
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
In
developing
effluent
guidelines,
EPA
is
required
to
evaluate
the
economic
impacts
of
potential
additional
water
pollution
control
costs
to
the
industry
­
including
both
public
and
private
facilities.
One
element
of
EPA's
economic
analysis
will
be
a
determination
of
the
proposed
regulation's
impacts
on
individual
State
and
Federal
facilities.

63.
What
was
the
total
operating
budget
for
the
facility
(
round
to
the
nearest
thousand)?

a.
2000
$
___
___,
___
___
___,
000
b.
1999
$
___
___,
___
___
___,
000
c.
1998
$
___
___,
___
___
___,
000
64.
Identify
the
funding
sources
Funding
Source
Funding
2000
1999
1998
a.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
b.
Agricultural
Research
Service
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
c.
NOAA
Sea
Grant
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
d.
Wallop­
Breaux
revenues
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
e.
State
General
Revenue
Funds
(
GRF)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
f.
Direct
sale
of
angler
licenses
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
g.
Commercial
fishing
permits
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
h.
Vanity
tags
for
vehicles
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
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000
i.
Special
purpose
stamps
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
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Sales
tax
or
value­
added
tax
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
k.
Other:
_________________
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
l.
Total
(
Should
equal
totals
in
question
63)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
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_
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000
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
GOVERNMENT
%


65.
Identify
funding
allocations.

Funding
Allocation
Amount
2000
1999
1998
a.
Aquaculture
research
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
b.
Artificial
propagation
(
for
release
or
distribution)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
c.
Fisheries
research
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
d.
Education/
outreach
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
e.
Habitat
restoration
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
f.
Regulation
(
developing,
implementing,
and
enforcing
fisheries
regulations)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
g.
Management
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
h.
Other:______________________
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
i.
Total
(
Should
equal
totals
in
question
64)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
66.
Identify
recipients
of
fish
and
egg
distribution
(
Check
all
that
apply).

Recipients
7
Recipients
7
a.
Air
Force
o.
National
Park
Service
b.
Army
p.
National
Resources
Conservation
Services
c.
Bureau
of
Indian
Affairs
(
BIA)
q.
Private­
commercial
purposes
d.
Bureau
of
Land
Management
r.
Private­
restoration
purposes
e.
Bureau
of
Reclamation
s.
Private­
other
_______________

f.
Corps
of
Engineers
t.
Public
restoration
purposes
g.
Department
of
Justice
u.
State
government
h.
Forest
Service
v.
TVA
i.
Indian
Tribal
(
non
BIA)
w.
U.
S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
j.
Interjurisdictional
waters
x.
U.
S.
Geological
Survey
k.
International
y.
University
l.
Local
government
z.
Veterans
Administration
m.
Navy
aa.
Other
_____________________

n.
National
Marine
Fisheries
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
GOVERNMENT
%


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#
___
of
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67.
For
each
of
the
different
species
of
aquatic
animals
produced
and
sold
at
your
facility
in
2000,
1999
and
1998,
what
were
the
total
sales
and
quantities
of
production
sold?
Do
not
include
production
used
for
distribution
or
transfers
in
kind.
Fill
in
the
appropriate
life
cycle,
and
unit
codes
as
described
below.
If
additional
species
spaces
are
required,
photocopy
this
page
BEFORE
writing
on
it
and
label
each
copy
in
the
space
provided
at
the
top
right
corner
of
the
page.
Report
sales
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.

Check
box
if
data
are
best
estimates
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*
Life
Cycle
Code
0
Eggs/
Seed/
Initial
Stock
1
Fry
2
Fingerlings
3
Stockers
4
Foodsize
5
Broodfish/
Broodstock
Unit
Code
1
Pounds
live
weight
2
Number
or
count
3
Pounds
per
1000
fish
4
Live
dry
bushels
5
Dozen
Species
(
see
Appendix
B
for
level
of
detail)
Life
Cycle
Code
Unit
Code
2000
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1999
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1998
Not
in
Operation............
*
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Leave
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blank)

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Sales
Quantity
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



B
B

B
B
B

B
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
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
B
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



B
B
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B
B
B
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B
B
B
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B
B
B
B
B
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
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
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
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



B
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B
B
B
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B
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
B
B
B

B
B
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
B

B
B
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



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B
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B
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
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
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B
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

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
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B
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B
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
B

B
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


7
R
W
D
O
B
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




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


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B
B
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B
B
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$
_,_
_
_,
000
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
GOVERNMENT
%


COMMENTS
Question
Number
Check
If
Confidential
Comment
EPA
Questionnaire
 
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Animal
Production
Industry­
ACADEMIC/
RESEARCH
%


PART
B
ECONOMIC
AND
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
In
developing
effluent
guidelines,
EPA
is
required
to
evaluate
the
economic
impacts
of
potential
additional
water
pollution
control
costs
to
the
industry
­
including
both
public
and
private
facilities.
One
element
of
EPA's
economic
analysis
will
be
a
determination
of
the
proposed
regulation's
impacts
on
individual
academic
/
research
facilities.

*
CBI
63.
What
was
the
total
operating
budget
for
your
aquaculture
facility
(
or
department
if
budget
is
kept
only
at
that
level)
(
round
to
the
nearest
thousand)
a.
2000
$
___
___,
___
___
___,
000
Check
one:
Facility
*
Department
*
b.
1999
$
___
___,
___
___
___,
000
Check
one:
Facility
*
Department
*
c.
1998
$
___
___,
___
___
___,
000
Check
one:
Facility
*
Department
*
*
CBI
64.
Identify
the
funding
sources.

Base
Funding
Grant
Funding
Funding
Source
2000
1999
1998
2000
a.
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service
(
NMFS)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
b.
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
(
NOAA)­
State
Sea
Grant
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
c.
National
Science
Foundation
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
d.
USDA
/
Agricultural
Research
Service
(
ARS)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
e.
USDA
/
Cooperative
State
Research,
Education,
and
Extension
Service
(
CSREES)
Marine
Shrimp
Farming
Program
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
f.
USDA
/
CSREES
Regional
Aquaculture
Center
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
g.
U.
S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
h.
U.
S.
Geological
Survey­
Biological
Resources
Division
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
i.
Other
Federal
Agency:
_____________________
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
j.
State
Department
of
Natural
Resources
or
equivalent
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
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Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
ACADEMIC/
RESEARCH
%


k.
State
Fish
and
Game
Department
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
l.
State
General
Revenue
Funds
(
GRF)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
m.
Other
State
Agency:
_____________________
_____________________
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
n.
College
/
University
operations
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
o.
Corporate
grants
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
p.
Individual
donations
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
q.
Trade
groups
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
r.
Sales
(
facility­
raised
product)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
s.
Other:
____________________
____________________
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
t.
Total
(
Should
equal
totals
in
question
63)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
*
CBI
65.
Identify
funding
allocations.

Funding
Allocation
Amount
2000
1999
1998
a.
Aquaculture
Research
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
b.
Artificial
Propagation
(
for
release
or
distribution)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
c.
Fisheries
Research
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
d.
Education/
Outreach
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
e.
Habitat
Restoration
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
f.
Administration
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
g.
Other:
______________________________
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
h.
Total
(
Should
equal
totals
in
question
64)
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
$
_
_,_
_
_,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
ACADEMIC/
RESEARCH
%


COPY
#
____
of
____

*
CBI
66.
For
each
of
the
different
species
of
aquatic
animals
produced
and
sold
at
your
facility
in
2000,
1999
and
1998,
what
were
the
total
sales
and
quantities
of
production
sold?
Do
not
include
production
used
for
distribution
or
transfers
in
kind.
Fill
in
the
appropriate
life
cycle,
and
unit
codes
as
described
below.
If
additional
species
spaces
are
required,
photocopy
this
page
BEFORE
writing
on
it
and
label
each
copy
in
the
space
provided
at
the
top
right
corner
of
the
page.
Report
sales
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.

Check
box
if
data
are
best
estimates
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
*
Life
Cycle
Code
0
Eggs/
Seed/
Initial
Stock
1
Fry
2
Fingerlings
3
Stockers
4
Foodsize
5
Broodfish/
Broodstock
Unit
Code
1
Pounds
live
weight
2
Number
or
count
3
Pounds
per
1000
fish
4
Live
dry
bushels
5
Dozen
Species
(
see
Appendix
B
for
level
of
detail)
Life
Cycle
Code
Unit
Code
2000
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1999
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1998
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)

Quantity
Sold
Sales
Quantity
Sold
Sales
Quantity
Sold
Sales
________________
___
___
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

B
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
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B

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
B
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



B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




7
R
W
D
O
B

B
B
B

B
B
B

B

B
B
B




B

B
B
B

B
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
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
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
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
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
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
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$
_,_
_
_,
000
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
ACADEMIC/
RESEARCH
%


COPY#
____
of
_____

*
CBI
67.
For
each
of
the
different
species
of
aquatic
animals
produced
and
distributed
or
transferred
from
your
facility
in
2000,

1999
and
1998,
what
were
the
total
quantities
and
estimated
market
value?
Do
not
include
production
that
was
sold.
Fill
in
the
appropriate
life
cycle,
unit,
and
type
codes
as
described
below.
Although
you
may
not
routinely
keep
market
value
data
for
distributed
or
transferred
production,
please
estimate
a
value
of
that
production.
If
additional
species
spaces
are
required,
photocopy
this
page
BEFORE
writing
on
it
and
label
each
copy
in
the
space
provided
at
the
top
right
corner
of
the
page.
Report
estimated
market
value
in
dollars;
round
to
the
nearest
thousand.

Check
box
if
data
other
than
market
value
are
best
estimates
Life
Cycle
Code
0
Eggs/
Seed/
Initial
Stock
1
Fry
2
Fingerlings
3
Stockers
4
Foodsize
5
Broodfish/
Broodstock
Unit
Code
1
Pounds
live
weight
2
Number
or
count
3
Pounds
per
1000
fish
4
Live
dry
bushels
5
Dozen
Type
Code
D
Distributed
T
Transfers
in
kind
Species
(
see
Appendix
B
for
level
of
detail)
Life
Cycle
Code
Unit
Code
Type
Code
2000
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1999
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)
1998
Not
in
Operation............
*
(
Leave
columns
blank)

Quantity
Produced
for
Distribution/

Transfer
Estimated
Market
Value
Quantity
Produced
for
Distribution/

Transfer
Estimated
Market
Value
Quantity
Produced
for
Distribution/

Transfer
Estimated
Market
Value
________________
___
___
___
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
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_
_,
000
_,_
_
_,_
_
_
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_
_,
000
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_
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_
_
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_
_,
000
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___
___
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_
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_
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_,
000
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_
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_
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000
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000
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000
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000
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000
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000
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_
_
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000
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000
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000
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000
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EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry­
ACADEMIC/
RESEARCH
%


COMMENTS
Question
Number
Check
If
Confidential
Comment
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
C­
1
CERTIFICATION
STATEMENT
1
I
certify
under
penalty
of
law
that
the
enclosed
survey
response
was
prepared
under
my
direction
or
supervision
in
accordance
with
a
system
designed
to
ensure
that
qualified
personnel
properly
gathered
and
evaluated
the
information
submitted.
The
information
submitted
is,
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge
and
belief,
accurate
and
complete.
In
those
cases
where
we
did
not
possess
the
requested
information,
we
provided
best
technical
and
financial
estimates
in
response
to
the
questions.
We
have,
to
the
best
of
our
ability,
indicated
what
we
believe
to
be
company
confidential
business
information
as
defined
under
40
CFR
Part
2,
Subpart
B.
We
understand
that
we
may
be
required
at
a
later
time
to
justify
our
claim
in
detail
with
respect
to
each
item
claimed
confidential.
I
am
aware
that
there
are
significant
penalties
for
submitting
false
information,
including
the
possibility
of
fines
and
imprisonment,
as
explained
in
Section
308
of
the
Clean
Water
Act.

Signature
of
Certifying
Official
Date
(
)
Printed
Name
of
Certifying
Official
Telephone
Number
Title
of
Certifying
Official
PART
C
CERTIFICATION
Where
to
Return
the
Survey
After
completing
the
survey
and
certifying
the
information
that
it
contains,
use
the
enclosed
mailing
label
to
mail
the
completed
survey
to:

U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Collection
of
2000
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
Data
c/
o
Tetra
Tech,
Inc.
10306
Eaton
Place,
Suite
340
Fairfax,
VA
22030
Retain
a
copy
of
the
completed
survey,
including
attachments.
EPA
will
review
the
information
submitted
and
may
request
your
cooperation
in
answering
follow­
up
questions,
if
necessary,
to
complete
its
analyses.
EPA
Questionnaire
 
Aquatic
Animal
Production
Industry
C­
2
CERTIFICATION
STATEMENT
2
I
certify
under
penalty
of
law
that
this
site
does
not
engage
in
aquatic
animal
production.
I
am
aware
that
there
are
significant
penalties
for
submitting
false
information,
including
the
possibility
of
fines
and
imprisonment,
as
explained
in
Section
308
of
the
Clean
Water
Act.

If
you
are
certifying
that
your
site
is
not
engaging
in
aquatic
animal
production,
indicate
the
classification
of
your
site:

*
Processor
*
Consultant
*
Resale
of
aquatic
animals,
including
wholesale,
retail,
fish
brokers,
distributors,
etc.

*
Transporter
*
Other
(
please
specify)
__________________________

Signature
of
Certifying
Official
Date
(
)
Printed
Name
of
Certifying
Official
Telephone
Number
Title
of
Certifying
Official
APPENDIX
A
SPECIES
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