North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality
Article 33.1-20 - Solid Waste Management and Land Protection
Chapter 33.1-20-13 - Water Protection Provisions
Section 33.1-20-13-03 - Water quality standards

Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 33.1-20-13-03

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

1. All solid waste management systems, operations, units, and facilities must be designed, constructed, operated, maintained, closed, and maintained after closure so as to be in compliance with North Dakota Century Code chapter 61-28, and water quality standards defined in articles 33.1-16 and 33.1-17. Compliance with these standards is enforceable at the compliance boundary of the facility.

2. Whenever ground water monitoring is required, the department must specify in the facility permit the specific elements of ground water monitoring, including indicator parameters which are constituents in or derived from solid waste, the maximum concentration limits in ground water for each parameter not otherwise defined by subsection 1, and the compliance boundary, considering:

a. The physical and chemical characteristics of the waste, including the potential for migration in surface water, in the unsaturated zone beneath the facility, and in ground water;

b. The hydrogeological characteristics of the site and the surrounding land;

c. The existing quality and quantity of ground water, other possible sources of contamination, and the direction of ground water flow;

d. The detectability of the indicator parameters or constituents in surface water or in ground water; or

e. The proximity of the facility to surface waters; and

f. Appropriate parameters from the list in table 1.

3. The compliance boundary shall be located on land owned by the owner of the facility and no more than five hundred feet [152.4 meters] from a landfill or landfill disposal cell.

TABLE 1 List of Parameters for Assessing Ground Water Quality

a. Parameters measured in the field:
(1) Appearance (including color, foaming, and odor)

(2) pH1

(3) Specific conductance2

(4) Temperature

(5) Water elevation3

b. General geochemical parameters:

(1) Ammonia nitrogen

(11) Chloride

(2) Total hardness

(12) Fluoride

(3) Iron

(13) Nitrate + Nitrite, as N

(4) Calcium

(14) Total phosphorus

(5) Magnesium

(15) Sulfate

(6) Manganese

(16) Sodium

(7) Potassium

(17) Total dissolved solids (TDS)

(8) Total alkalinity

(18) Total suspended solids (TSS)

(9) Bicarbonate

(19) Cation/anion balance

(10) Carbonate

c. Heavy metals:

Group A:

Group B:

(1) Arsenic

(9) Antimony

(2) Barium

(10) Beryllium

(3) Cadmium

(11) Cobalt

(4) Chromium

(12) Copper

(5) Lead

(13) Nickel

(6) Mercury

(14) Thallium

(7) Selenium

(15) Vanadium

(8) Silver

(16) Zinc

d. Total organic carbon (TOC)

e. Chemical oxygen demand (COD)

f. Naturally occurring radionuclides:
(1) Radon

(2) Radium

(3) Uranium

g. Volatile organic compounds, both halogenated and nonhalogenated:

Halogenated:

Acrylonitrile

1,1-Dichloroethylene

Allyl chloride

1,2-Dichloropropane

Bromochloromethane

cis-1,3-Dichloropropene

Bromodichloromethane

cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Bromoform

trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Bromomethane

trans-1,3-Dichloropropene

Carbon disulfide

trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene

Carbon tetrachloride

Dichlorofluoromethane

Chlorobenzene

Dichloromethane (methylene chloride)

(monochlorobenzene)

1,3-Dichloropropene

Chlorodibromomethane

2,3-Dichloro-1-propene

Chloroethane

Pentachloroethane

Chloroform

1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane

Chloromethane

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane

Dibromomethane

Tetrachloroethylene

1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

1,2-Dibromoethane

1,1,2-Trichloroethane

Dichloroacetonitrile

Trichloroethylene

1,2-Dichlorobenzene

Trichlorofluoromethane

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

1,2,3-Trichloropropane

1,4-Dichlorobenzene

1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane

Dichlorodifluoromethane

Vinyl acetate

1,1-Dichloroethane

Vinyl chloride

1,2-Dichloroethane

Nonhalogenated:

Acetone

Methyl isobutyl ketone

Benzene

Pyrene

Cumene

Styrene

Ethylbenzene

Tetrahydrofuran

Ethyl ether

Toluene

Methyl butyl ketone

m-Xylene

Methyl ethyl ketone

o-Xylene

Methyl iodide

p-Xylene

h. Pesticides:

Al+drin

Endrin

Chlordane

Heptachlor

Chloroform

Lindane

4,4 DDT

Methyl bromide

Dibenzofuran

Methyl methacrylate

Dieldrin

Methylene bromide

Dimethoate

Naphthalene

Endosulfan

Parathion

1 Two measurements: in field, and immediately upon sample's arrival in laboratory.

2 As measured in field.

3 As measured to the nearest 0.01 foot in field before pumping or bailing.

General Authority: NDCC 23.1-08-03, 23.1-11-05, 23.1-11-11, 61-28-04, 61-28-05; S.L. 2017, ch. 199, § 1

Law Implemented: NDCC 23.1-08-03, 23.1-11-05, 23.1-11-06, 23.1-11-08, 23.1-11-11, 61-28-04; S.L. 2017, ch. 199, §§ 23, 26

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