North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality
Article 33.1-16 - Control, Prevention, and Abatement of Pollution of Surface Water
Chapter 33.1-16-01 - North Dakota Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Section 33.1-16-01-02 - Acquisition of data

1. Application for a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit. Any person who discharges any waste through a point source into a surface water or conducts any activity which requires a valid permit under North Dakota Century Code section 61-28-06 must file a completed national pollutant discharge elimination system application.

2. Any person who commences discharge of any waste through a point source into a surface water or conduct of any activity which requires a valid permit under North Dakota Century Code section 61-28-06 after the effective date of this chapter shall either:

3. Application requirements.

4. The department may require whatever additional information is necessary to complete the processing of the application. No application will be processed by the department until all of the requested information is supplied and the application is complete.

5. When a facility or activity is owned by one person but is operated by another person, it is the operator's duty to obtain a permit.

6. Applicants shall keep records of all data used to complete permit applications and any supplemental information submitted with an application for a period of at least three years from the date the application is signed.