To assist the control authority in developing and implementing its pretreatment programs, EPA provides the following guidance.
You may need a PDF 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)