National Pretreatment Program Control Authority

To assist the control authority in developing and implementing its pretreatment programs, EPA provides the following guidance.

• The Guidance Manual for POTW Pretreatment Program Development (pdf) (14.85 MB)
• The EPA Model Pretreatment Ordinance (pdf) (398.14 KB)
• The Multijurisdictional Pretreatment Programs Guidance Manual (pdf) (2.01 MB)
• New Source Dates for Direct and Indirect Dischargers, memorandum dated September 28, 2006 (pdf) (482 KB)
• The Pretreatment Streamlining Rule Fact Sheet 10: General Control Mechanisms Option (pdf) (122.36 KB)
• The Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs (pdf) (7.72 MB)
• Control of Slug Loadings to POTWs Guidance Manual (pdf) (8.36 MB)
• Pretreatment Streamlining Rule Fact Sheet 8.0: Slug Control Plans (pdf) (70.37 KB)
• Guidance for Developing Control Authority Enforcement Response Plans (pdf) (5.82 MB)
• Application and Use of the Regulatory Definition of Significant Noncompliance for Industrial Users, memorandum dated September 1991 (pdf) (615.64 KB)
• Determining Industrial User Significant Noncompliance - One Page Summary (pdf) (1.77 MB)
• Revision of NPDES Significant Noncompliance (SNC) Criteria to Address Violations of Nonmonthly Average Limits, memorandum dated September 21, 1995 (pdf) (331.96 KB)
• Oversight of SIUs Discharging to POTWs without Approved Pretreatment Programs, memorandum dated May 18, 2007 (pdf) (341.83 KB)