The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to issue a modified NPDES permit to Ocean Era, LLC (current permit number FL0A00001). The draft modified NPDES permit authorizes the discharge of industrial wastewater from a marine net-pen aquaculture facility located in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico at approximately 45 miles southwest of Sarasota, Florida. The facility includes a support vessel and a single cage in a water depth of approximately 130 feet. The project would culture a single cycle of approximately 20,000 Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and produce a maximum annual harvest of 55,000 lbs.