National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

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The NPDES Programs Branch and State NPDES Programs regulate publicly owned treatment works and industrial facilities discharging directly to surface waters, industrial facilities discharging to publicly owned treatment works, beneficial reuse of municipal sewage sludge (biosolids), runoff from animal feeding operations, and storm water discharges.

Public Notices and Announcements

State and Federal agency public notices are required by law to alert interested members of the public and to provide opportunity for comment.

Decentralized Wastewater Conference
- Surface Discharging Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Permitting Requirements
- Advanced Soil-based Alternatives
- Successful Programs
- June 10 - 11, 2009
- EPA, Region 5, Chicago

Ohio CAFO Program Public Notice
EPA proposes to approve a revision to Ohio's NPDES program. The state has asked EPA to allow Ohio Department of Agriculture to administer the part of the NPDES program that deals with concentrated animal feeding operations. The public has until December 16 to comment on the proposal.

State NPDES Programs

All the Region 5 states are authorized to administer the NPDES Program

Permit Compliance System Data

State lists of

permitees

compliance schedules

enforcement actions

permitted discharge limits

Industrial Pretreatment Program

Thel Pretreatment Program controls and minimizes the loading of pollutants to publicly owned treatment works from industrial, non-domestic sources to protect against operational, water quality, biosolids quality and worker health and safety problems.

"No Discharge" Zones

Designated bodies of water that prohibit the discharge of treated and untreated boat sewage.