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.

Compliance/Monitoring
Dental Information

90-Day Compliance Report

Baseline Monitoring Report

Dental Amalgam Rule 40 CFR Part 441

Dental One-Time Compliance Report Form

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

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