Municipal/Industrial

Introduction
Contacts
Statutory sections and rules. See General Materials
Forms (application and report forms)

Introduction

Municipal discharges include the discharge of waste water from municipal or quasi-municipal public sewer systems. Industrial discharges include the discharge of process water, cooling water and other contaminated waters from industrial or commercial sources.

Contacts

Licensing - Augusta: Gregg Wood 287-7693.

Compliance - Augusta: Jim Crowley 287-8898, Bangor: Gary Brooks 592 2795, Portland: Fred Gallant 413-4511, Presque Isle: Bill Sheehan 760-3136

Forms

E-mail or call 287-7688 to order a publication or form.

If using a form is msword, please note that altered forms will not be accepted. Extending the length of a form so that more information may be included is not considered an alteration.

Applications

• Addition of Transported Wastes in Wastewater Treatment Facilities
• Net Pen Aquaculture - Supplemental Information for Individual Net Pen Permit
• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO)
• Fish Rearing Facilities
• Food Processing Facilities
• General Application Form for Waste Discharge Permit
• Municipal Satellite Collection Systems Registration
• Outfall Information
• Publicly Owned Treatment Facilities
• Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System
• Surface Wastewater Disposal System
• Waste Discharge Permit Application, Supplemental Information for Snow Dumps

EPA forms that may also be used are below. See: EPA Permit Forms & Attachments

• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and Aquatic Animal Production Facilities -- Consolidated Permits Program
• Existing Manufacturing, Commercial, Mining, and Silviculture Operations
• Facilities Which Do Not Discharge Process Wastewater
• Application for Permit to Discharge Stormwater -- Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity

Reporting forms

• DEP 49 (excel) Monthly Report of Operation, Wastewater Treatment Facilities. Contact: Brett Goodrich 287-9034.
• Non Compliance/Discharge Incident Report form (msword file; pdf file)
• Municipal Satellite Collection System - Unauthorized Discharge Report
• Effluent Mercury Test Report form (excel).
• Forms associated with the Water Toxics Rule.
  • Whole Effluent Toxicity, Chemistry and Mercury Reporting Forms (MS Excel) May 2020
    Toxicity Reporting Form Instructions (pdf)
  • Revised Wastewater Reporting Limits Letter - April 2012

Addiitonal information about the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination system Permit Program may be found on EPA's website.