Environmental Health Section - North Dakota Department of Health

Environmental Incident Reports

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In North Dakota, both the Department of Health's Environmental Health Section and the Department of Mineral Resources' Oil and Gas Division of the North Dakota Industrial Commission receive reports of environmental incidents. Incidents reported to the Department of Health are called General Environmental Incidents while those reported to the Department of Mineral Resources are called Oilfield Environmental Incidents. Details about reporting requirements can be found on the Submit an Environmental Incident Report page.

The oilfield environmental incident data is gathered and maintained by the Oil and Gas Division. The Department of Health is allowed read-only access to a portion of this data and provides it to the public as received without modification. When Department of Health staff investigate reported incidents, they will update the information and record it in the update section of each report, producing a new version of the summary report with the next web page update cycle. The web page is updated routinely.

General Environmental Incidents

General Environmental Incidents

General Environmental Incidents that occurred within the last 12 months

General Environmental Incidents older than 12 months

Tables are updated every Tuesday and Friday at 2:00 AM CT,
with updated linked summary reports available by 6:00 AM CT.

Show Table Features

Each table offers the following features:

Each table is formatted to an interactive size of 13.5 x 5 inches, thereby fitting on most monitors. Horizontal scroll bars will display if the monitor being used is smaller than 13.5 inches wide (not diagonal). Vertical scroll bars will display if too many cells have text within them that must wrap.
Only one page can be displayed at a time.
Each column can be sorted in ascending or descending order.
Multiple column sorting is accomplished by holding down the Shift key while clicking on the sort icon of the desired columns in the desired sort order.
The Incident ID field is a link. When clicked, it will display a PDF version of the Summary Report for that incident in a separate window.

At the top of each table is a toolbar which offers the following capabilities:

First, previous, next, last page buttons (from left to right).
The current page is displayed in the box between the previous and next page buttons. To jump to a particular page, type the number of the page in the box.
The longer box in the middle of the toolbar is used with the Find and Next buttons. The search function checks every field in the table for the character(s) typed into the box and will jump to the first occurrence of the character(s) if it is not found on the current page.
The circular icon is the refresh button. If clicked, it will return the table to its default state of descending sort on the Date Reported column and take it back to page 1.
The printer icon will print all the pages in the table or a selection if clicked AND the appropriate printer driver has been installed. If the driver has not been installed on the user's computer, it will prompt the user for action. The pages have been formatted to fit on 8.5- x 14-inch sized paper (legal), usually producing fewer pages on paper than displayed on the web page.

Oilfield Environmental Incidents

Oilfield Environmental Incidents

Oilfield Environmental Incidents that occurred within the last 12 months which were contained within the boundaries of the production or exploration facility

Oilfield Environmental Incidents that occurred within the last 12 months which were not contained, for example, an overflow of the boundaries of the facility or a leak from a facility pipeline

Oilfield Environmental Incidents older than 12 months

Tables are updated every Tuesday and Friday at 2:00 AM CT,
with updated linked summary reports available by 6:00 AM CT.

Graphical Information Derived from the Oilfield Environmental Incidents

Show Table Features

Each table offers the following features:

Each table is formatted to an interactive size of 15 x 5 inches. Horizontal scroll bars will display if the monitor being used is smaller than 15 inches wide (not diagonal). Vertical scroll bars will display if too many cells have text within them that must wrap.
Only one page can be displayed at a time.
Each column can be sorted in ascending or descending order.
Multiple column sorting is accomplished by holding down the Shift key while clicking on the sort icon of the desired columns in the desired sort order.
The Incident ID field is a link. When clicked, it will display a PDF version of the Summary Report for that incident in a separate window.

At the top of each table is a toolbar which offers the following capabilities:

First, previous, next, last page buttons (from left to right).
The current page is displayed in the box between the previous and next page buttons. To jump to a particular page, type the number of the page in the box.
The longer box in the middle of the toolbar is used with the Find and Next buttons. The search function checks every field in the table for the character(s) typed into the box and will jump to the first occurrence of the character(s) if it is not found on the current page.
The circular icon is the refresh button. If clicked, it will return the table to its default state of descending sort on the Date Reported column and take it back to page 1.
The printer icon will print all the pages in the table or a selection if clicked AND the appropriate printer driver has been installed. If the driver has not been installed on the user's computer, it will prompt the user for action. The pages have been formatted to fit on 8.5- x 14-inch sized paper (legal), usually producing fewer pages on paper than displayed on the web page.