Wastewater Permitting Resources

General resources

• NPDES Program Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DEQ and EPA - April 2010

• Antidegradation Policy for Point Sources

• DEQ Service Quality Pledge to Oregon Wastewater Permit Holders

• Template for LID Stormwater Manual for Western Oregon
  

Drought 2021

• Waterwater treatment best practices during drought 2021
  

Community wastewater systems

• Preparing Hauled-Waste Acceptance Plans
  Prepared jointly by ACWA and DEQ's Industrial Pretreatment Advisory Committee, October 2015

• Natural Treatment Systems - A Water Quality Match for Oregon's Cities and Towns
  Prepared jointly by ACWA and DEQ's Natural Treatment System Advisory Committee, July 2014

• Engineering Design Review Exemption Process Fact Sheet

• Regulatory Requirements for Common Sewer System Owners Fact Sheet

• Quality Assurance Guidelines for Self-Monitoring Laboratories 
  

Guidance for disposal of chlorinated water discharges

• Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs

• Other Chlorinated Water Discharges

Land application

• Guidelines for Land Application of Industrial Solid Wastes - August 1993

• Operations, Monitoring and Management Plans for Land Application of Non-Sanitary Wastewater - November 2002

• Land Application Laws and DEQ's Procedure for Proposals to Land Apply on EFU Lands - 2001

Marinas and shipyards

• Best Management Practices for Oregon Marinas - May 2002      

• Best Management Practices for Oregon Shipyards - October 2000

Monitoring and reporting

• Electronic Data Delivery of Toxic Data

• Quality Assurance Guidelines for Self-Monitoring Laboratories

• Small Laboratory Quality Manual Template, February 2014

  • Introduction to the Quality Manual Template

• Discharge monitoring report forms for domestic individual permits

Permit issuance

• Permit issuance plans

Program improvements

• WQ Permitting Program Review - Read more about DEQ's work to improve the NPDES permitting program and the recommendations contained in a 2016 independent consultant's report.

• Report to the Legislature: Wastewater Permitting Program Improvements and Measures - January 2013
  

Vehicle or equipment wash water

• Recommended Best Management Practices for Washing Activities - March 1998
  

Contact

Jeff Navarro
Water Quality Program Analyst
503-229-5257