To assist the control authority in developing and implementing its pretreatment programs, EPA provides the following guidance.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- The Guidance Manual for POTW Pretreatment Program Development (PDF)(292 pp, 16 MB)
- The EPA Model Pretreatment Ordinance (PDF)(62 pp, 408 K)
- The Multijurisdictional Pretreatment Programs Guidance Manual (PDF)(35 pp, 2 MB)
- New Source Dates for Direct and Indirect Dischargers, memorandum dated September 28, 2006 (PDF)(18 pp, 494 K)
- The Pretreatment Streamlining Rule Fact Sheet 10: General Control Mechanisms Option (PDF)(3 pp, 125 K)
- The Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs (PDF)(282 pp, 8 MB)
- Control of Slug Loadings to POTWs Guidance Manual (PDF)(170 pp, 9 MB)
- Pretreatment Streamlining Rule Fact Sheet 8.0: Slug Control Plans (PDF)(4 pp, 72 K)
- Guidance for Developing Control Authority Enforcement Response Plans (PDF)(112 pp, 6 MB)
- Application and Use of the Regulatory Definition of Significant Noncompliance for Industrial Users, memorandum dated September 1991 (PDF)(3 pp, 630 K)
- Determining Industrial User Significant Noncompliance - One Page Summary (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB)
- Revision of NPDES Significant Noncompliance (SNC) Criteria to Address Violations of Nonmonthly Average Limits, memorandum dated September 21, 1995 (PDF)(6 pp, 340 K)
- Oversight of SIUs Discharging to POTWs without Approved Pretreatment Programs, memorandum dated May 18, 2007 (PDF)(14 pp, 350 K)