Issuance of NPDES General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems Located On Indian Reservations in MT, ND, SD, and UT

Résumé

Region VIII of EPA is hereby giving notice of its issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permits for wastewater lagoon systems located on Indian Reservations in the States of MT, ND, SD, and UT, and treating primarily domestic wastewater. The use of wastewater lagoon systems is the most common method of treating municipal wastewater and domestic wastewater from isolated housing developments, schools, etc., on the Indian Reservations in those states. Region VIII will be using general permits instead of individual permits for permitting the discharges from many of those facilities in order to reduce the Region's administrative burden of issuing separate individual permits. The administrative burden for the regulated sources is expected to be about the same under the general permits as with individual permits, but it will be much quicker to obtain permit coverage with general permits than with individual permits. The discharge requirements would be essentially the same with an individual permit or under the general permit. A separate general permit will cover the aforementioned facilities within the exterior boundaries of a single reservation.