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General Materials

Statute
Maine Rules
Federal Regulations
Federal NPDES permits
Supplementary materials

Related pages

• General information for all licensing programs such as fees, review periods, appeal and reconsideration information, and water quality certification.
• Rulemaking page for current and recent rulemakings.

Statutory sections

• Statutory section include Title 38, Chapter 3, §§ 413 and following.  
• Page listing statutory sections addressing the classification of Maine waters.
• DEP statutory handout (unofficial) cover pages; text. NOTE: this handout includes some amendments that become effective August 23, 2006.

Maine Rules

514. Regulations Concerning the Use of Aquatic Pesticides
517. Certification of Persons Servicing and Repairing Sanitary Waste Treatment Facilities
519. Interim Effluent Limitations and Controls for the Discharge of Mercury
530. Surface Water Toxics Control Program
531. Regulations for Waste Water Operator's Certification Program
543. Rules to Control the Subsurface Discharges of Pollutants by Well Injection
550. Discontinuance of Wastewater Treatment Lagoons
555. Standards for the Addition of Septage to Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities
570. Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows
573. Snow Dumps: Exemption from Waste Discharge License
580. Regulations Relating to Sampling Procedures and Analytical Procedures
581. Regulations Relating to Water Quality Evaluations
582. Regulations Relating to Temperature
584. Surface Water Quality Criterial for Toxic Pollutants. Appendix A.
585. Identification of Fish Spawning Areas and Designation of Salmonid Spawning Areas
586. Rules Pertaining to Discharges to Class A Waters
596. Overboard Discharges: Licensing, Relicensing, Transfer, and Abandonment of Licenses

The following rules became effective upon approval of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of related parts of the State’s application to administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program of the Federal Clean Water Act, pursuant to 40 CFR part 123.

520. Definitions for the Waste Discharge Permitting Program
521. Applications for Waste Discharge Licenses
522. Application Processing Procedures for Waste Discharge Licenses
523. Waste Discharge License Conditions
524. Criteria and Standards for Waste Discharge Licenses
525. Effluent Guidelines and Standards
528. Pretreatment Program
529. General Permits for Certain Wastewater Discharges

Federal Regulations (off-site).

• Go here for 40 CFR Part 136 (Guidelines establishing test procedures for the analysis of pollutants); Part 141 (National primary drinking water regulations); and Part 143 (National secondary drinking water regulations).

Federal NPDES permits -- EPA -- Surf Your Watershed.   Link to a map of Maine that allows you to click on a particular watershed and access information at EPA (federal Environmental Protection Agency) listing the facilities that have point discharges in each watershed, and what chemicals/substances each facility has a permit to discharge (among other information).

Supplementary materials

• Annual Customer Service Survey Results
• Antidegradation flow chart
• Antidegradation program guidance
• Approved WET testing labs
• Delegation Page
• Laboratory Performance Standards. Contact: Malcolm Burson.
• License lists
  • POTW Waste Discharge Licenses -- List as of December 31, 2005.
  • Non-POTW Waste Discharge Licenses -- List as of December 31, 2005.
    Note: Lists are sorted by location.  Please see end of documents for key to column headings.
  • POTW - summary by type
  • Non-POTW - summary by type
• Licensing permit schedules (pdf files) (2005); (2004); (2003).
• Standard conditions (MEPDES permits) July, 2002
• Status of Licensed Discharges (2006)
• Status of Licensed Discharges and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program: 2007, 2008
• The Water Toxics rule (web page with information)
• Waste Discharge License Fees (issue profile)
• Water Quality Standards "Docket"
• Water Quality Standards for Coastal and Great Lakes Recreation Waters
• Water Quality Standards -- General information from USEPA (off-site)

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