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Pretreatment Permits

The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (department) was delegated the authority for the Pretreatment Program from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a part of the NDPDES permits program in 2005. The basis and implementation for the Pretreatment Program is defined in 40 CFR 403. The Pretreatment Program regulates the discharge of industrial process wastewater into the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs). The goal of the pretreatment program is to prevent industrial wastewater discharges from interfering or passing through the POTW treatment system into the environment. The program is also designed to protect POTW worker health and safety as well as ensure biosolids left over after treatment can be safely disposed of through the POTWs chosen disposal method. You may visit the EPA National Pretreatment Program website for additional information on the Pretreatment Program.


North Dakota currently has delegated the authority for the Pretreatment Program to five cities, which include Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan, and West Fargo. Industrial facilities located in a city with an approved Pretreatment Program are regulated by that respective city. Industrial facilities located in cities without an approved Pretreatment Program are regulated by the department.


For more information on North Dakota Pretreatment Permits, please contact the NDPDES program at 701.328.5210.


90-Day Compliance Report

Baseline Monitoring Report

Dental Amalgam Rule 40 CFR Part 441

Dental One-Time Compliance Report Form

Metal Finisher General Permit

Metal Finisher Fact Sheet

Metal Finisher Notice of Intent

Dental Amalgam Rule

On June 14, 2017, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the dental effluent guideline rule which is defined at 40 CFR 441. The goal of this rule is to reduce mercury discharges from dental amalgam to POTWs, as such this rule falls under the Pretreatment Program. All dental offices are required to submit a One-Time Compliance (OTC) Report. For dental offices which do not place and/or remove dental amalgam, submitting the OTC is the only requirement. For dental offices that do place and/or remove amalgam in addition to submitting the OTC, the requirements are as follow:

  • An amalgam separator or equivalent device must be installed and operated and;
  • Specific best management practices (BMPs) must be in place and;
  • Records must be kept in accordance with 40 CFR 441


    • Submission of the OTC Report was required by July 14, 2020. However, if there was a change of ownership or the facility recently opened an OTC Report is required within 90 days. If a OTC Report has not been submitted, please submit one as soon as possible. Dental offices within the cities of Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan, and West Fargo should contact that respective city for regulating information.


    For more information on the Dental Amalgam Rule, please contact the NDPDES program at 701.328.5210.

     

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    Anderson Carl cjanders@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-5213
    Brazil Emily ebrazil@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
    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
    Kritzberger Ryan rKritzberger@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-9035
    Kruske Montana mkruske@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5172
    Malchose Jordan jnmalchose@nd.gov WQ Spill Investigation 701-328-5289
    McCauley Jenna Jenna.McCauley@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management
    Miller Meridith meridith.miller@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5166
    Nelson Amber amjnelson@nd.gov Water Quality Division 701-328-5210
    Novak Emilee ejnovak@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5240
    Rockeman Karl krockema@nd.gov Water Quality Division 701-328-5225
    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
    Wert Joshua jewert@nd.gov WQ Watershed Management 701-328-5214
    Woutat Tanner twoutat@nd.gov WQ Ground Water Monitoring 701-328-5233
    Zittleman Julianna jzittleman@nd.gov WQ NDPDES Permitting 701-328-5285
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