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Inspection and Enforcement Activities

For the year of 2020 there has been 266 enforcement actions to date with $830,446 in penalties assessed and $442,346 in penalties collected.

Lab Sample Type	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chemistry Samples	146	331	351	427	956	1,136	1,097	1,177	802	802	793	316
Chemistry Tests Completed	2,923	4,512	5,328	4,963	19,330	27,937	26,514	27,204	17,871	17,887	19,704	4,341
Clinical and Bacteriology Samples	88,084	73,932	7,419	25,204	3,646	84,820	123,134	94,446	130,588	157,621	154,179	126,139
Clinical and Bacteriology Tests Completed	90,888	76,734	11,570	27,555	6,368	87,494	125,995	97,356	134,235	160,538	156,539	129,209

Program	Total Inspections	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Environmental Incident	35	0	1	0	1	0	10	1	3	12	5	1	1
Oil Field Incident	168	1	1	0	5	12	29	34	32	11	33	9	1
Solid Waste	564	18	15	48	34	22	60	88	94	32	66	48	39
Underground Injection Wells	42	6	1	0	3	3	2	0	13	11	2	1	0
Underground Storage Tank	288	1	0	0	1	36	26	90	76	48	9	1	0
Waste Water Permitting	445	2	4	9	10	75	78	91	81	33	59	3	0

Program	Active Facilities
Asbestos	252
Drinking Water	377
SolidWaste	2,403
Underground Injection Wells	706
Underground Storage Tank	874
Waste Water Program	3,667

Year	Number
2023	63
2022	87
2021	85
2020	85
2019	98
2018	99
2017	77
2016	81
2015	107
2014	145
2013	58
2012	37
2011	14

Surface Water Quality Monitoring Portal

North Dakota Surface Water Quality Impairment Status - 2014 Assessed Categories

USGS ND Water Science Center, ND Basin Maps (with links to real-time data for surface water, groundwater and water quality)

Current Air Quality Index (AQI animated) from EPA AIRNow

*Note: Oil field spills less than 1 barrel that were contained on location are not required to be reported.

Department of Environmental Quality
4201 Normandy Street
Bismarck, ND 58503-1324
P: 701-328-5150
F: 701-328-5200
E: deq@nd.gov

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