Pretreatment Permits

The Industrial Pretreatment Program prevents the discharge of pollutants to Publicly-Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) which will interfere with the operations of the POTW or its use and disposal of municipal biosolids. In addition, the Pretreatment Program prevents the introduction of pollutants to POTWs that may pass through into rivers, lakes, and streams causing toxicity or other impacts. Implementation of the Pretreatment Program is defined at 40 CFR Part 403. These regulations describe the responsibility of the EPA, states, POTWs, and industrial users in protecting the POTWs, sewer systems, biosolids, receiving waters, and worker health and safety. You may visit the EPA National Pretreatment Program website for more information on waste water treatment involving Biosolids/Sludge.


For more information please contact the NDPDES Program.




Dental Amalgam Rule

As you may know, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a new rule, the Dental Amalgam Standard (40 CFR 441), on June 14, 2017. This rule (effective July 14, 2017) requires dental offices that place and/or remove amalgam to install and maintain amalgam separators or equivalent devices, implement specified Best Management Practice (BMPs), and keep records. All dental offices, except mobile units and those practicing a few exempted specialties, are required to submit a One-Time Compliance Report (OTC). The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (department) will implement the Dental Amalgam Standard for all dental offices that discharge to a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) located outside Bismarck, Mandan, Fargo, West Fargo, and Grand Forks.

  • For dental offices that do not place and/or remove amalgam,
  • i. The OTC report must be submitted by December 31, 2019 to: North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality 4201 Normandy Street – Division of Water Quality Bismarck, ND 58503-1324

  • For dental offices that do place and/or remove amalgam,
  •  i. One amalgam separator or equivalent device must be installed and operational and;
  • ii. Specified BMPs must be in place and;
  • iii. Record keeping requirements must be implemented by July 14, 2020.

  • Please Note: The department has made deadlines for submitting reports earlier than the rule requires to allow sufficient time to review all information and confirm compliance by October 12, 2020. Dental offices that have opened or have transferred ownership after July 14, 2017 are required to be in compliance when first discharging and submit the OTC report within 90 days of discharging dental amalgam process wastewater to the city sewer system.


    Water Quality Division Employee Email List (click to expand)

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    Last Name First Name E-Mail Address Program Phone
    Anderson Carl cjanders@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-5213
    Christensen Emily eachristensen@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5296
    Dahl Lane ldDahl@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5222
    Delzer Alexis adelzer@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5282
    DeVries Taylor tlDeVries@nd.gov WQ Spill Investigation 701-328-5236
    Espe Brady bespe@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5228
    Galloway Noah ngalloway WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5253
    Gleich Casey ctGleich@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-4164
    Gross Joe jlgross@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5292
    Grossman Dallas dgrossma@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5242
    Hanson Lawrence lawrence.hanson@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5291
    Haroldson Marty mharolds@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5234
    Harries Alison aharries@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-5217
    Harrison Kylee kharrison@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5187
    Houle Brian bHoule@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5193
    Joynt Emily eJoynt@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5239
    Kaiser Don dkaiser@nd.gov WQ Spill Investigation 701-328-5151
    Kruske Montana mkruske@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5172
    Lachenmeier Emilee elachenmeier@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5240
    Malchose Jordan jnmalchose@nd.gov WQ Spill Investigation
    Miller Meridith meridith.miller@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5166
    Rockeman Karl krockema@nd.gov Water Quality Division 701-328-5225
    Sanda Joanie jmSanda@nd.gov Water Quality Division 701-328-5210
    Schick McKenzie mschick@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5288
    Schiwal Alyssa aschiwal@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-5159
    Schuett Patrick pschuett@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5235
    Stockdill Scott sjstockdill@nd.gov WQ Spill Investigation 701-328-5241
    Strommen Rachel rstrommen@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5244
    Suess Bill bsuess@nd.gov WQ Spill Investigation 701-328-5216
    Suggs Shannon ssuggs@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-6409
    Waldron Feld Sarah sfeld@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5237
    Wallery Paige pWallery@nd.gov WQ Spill Investigation 701-328-5243
    Wax Peter pwax@nd.gov WQ Special Projects 701-328-5268
    Zittleman Julianna jzittleman@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5285