N.D. Admin. Code 33.1-20-13-03

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

Section 33.1-20-13-03 - Water quality standards

1. All solid waste management systems, operations, units, and facilities must be designed, constructed, operated, maintained, closed, and maintained after closure so as to be in compliance with North Dakota Century Code chapter 61-28, and water quality standards defined in articles 33.1-16 and 33.1-17. Compliance with these standards is enforceable at the compliance boundary of the facility.

2. Whenever ground water monitoring is required, the department must specify in the facility permit the specific elements of ground water monitoring, including indicator parameters which are constituents in or derived from solid waste, the maximum concentration limits in ground water for each parameter not otherwise defined by subsection 1, and the compliance boundary, considering:

a. The physical and chemical characteristics of the waste, including the potential for migration in surface water, in the unsaturated zone beneath the facility, and in ground water;

b. The hydrogeological characteristics of the site and the surrounding land;

c. The existing quality and quantity of ground water, other possible sources of contamination, and the direction of ground water flow;

d. The detectability of the indicator parameters or constituents in surface water or in ground water; or

e. The proximity of the facility to surface waters; and

f. Appropriate parameters from the list in table 1.

3. The compliance boundary shall be located on land owned by the owner of the facility and no more than five hundred feet [152.4 meters] from a landfill or landfill disposal cell.

TABLE 1 List of Parameters for Assessing Ground Water Quality

a. Parameters measured in the field:

(1) Appearance (including color, foaming, and odor)

(2) pH¹

(3) Specific conductance²

(4) Temperature

(5) Water elevation³

b. General geochemical parameters:

(1) Ammonia nitrogen	(11) Chloride
(2) Total hardness	(12) Fluoride
(3) Iron	(13) Nitrate + Nitrite, as N
(4) Calcium	(14) Total phosphorus
(5) Magnesium	(15) Sulfate
(6) Manganese	(16) Sodium
(7) Potassium	(17) Total dissolved solids (TDS)
(8) Total alkalinity	(18) Total suspended solids (TSS)
(9) Bicarbonate	(19) Cation/anion balance
(10) Carbonate

c. Heavy metals:

Group A:	Group B:
(1) Arsenic	(9) Antimony
(2) Barium	(10) Beryllium
(3) Cadmium	(11) Cobalt
(4) Chromium	(12) Copper
(5) Lead	(13) Nickel
(6) Mercury	(14) Thallium
(7) Selenium	(15) Vanadium
(8) Silver	(16) Zinc

d. Total organic carbon (TOC)

e. Chemical oxygen demand (COD)

f. Naturally occurring radionuclides:

(1) Radon

(2) Radium

(3) Uranium

g. Volatile organic compounds, both halogenated and nonhalogenated:

Halogenated:
Acrylonitrile	1,1-Dichloroethylene
Allyl chloride	1,2-Dichloropropane
Bromochloromethane	cis-1,3-Dichloropropene
Bromodichloromethane	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Bromoform	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Bromomethane	trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
Carbon disulfide	trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene
Carbon tetrachloride	Dichlorofluoromethane
Chlorobenzene	Dichloromethane (methylene chloride)
(monochlorobenzene)	1,3-Dichloropropene
Chlorodibromomethane	2,3-Dichloro-1-propene
Chloroethane	Pentachloroethane
Chloroform	1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
Chloromethane	1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
Dibromomethane	Tetrachloroethylene
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane	1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,2-Dibromoethane	1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Dichloroacetonitrile	Trichloroethylene
1,2-Dichlorobenzene	Trichlorofluoromethane
1,3-Dichlorobenzene	1,2,3-Trichloropropane
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane
Dichlorodifluoromethane	Vinyl acetate
1,1-Dichloroethane	Vinyl chloride
1,2-Dichloroethane
Nonhalogenated:
Acetone	Methyl isobutyl ketone
Benzene	Pyrene
Cumene	Styrene
Ethylbenzene	Tetrahydrofuran
Ethyl ether	Toluene
Methyl butyl ketone	m-Xylene
Methyl ethyl ketone	o-Xylene
Methyl iodide	p-Xylene

h. Pesticides:

Al+drin	Endrin
Chlordane	Heptachlor
Chloroform	Lindane
4,4 DDT	Methyl bromide
Dibenzofuran	Methyl methacrylate
Dieldrin	Methylene bromide
Dimethoate	Naphthalene
Endosulfan	Parathion

¹ Two measurements: in field, and immediately upon sample's arrival in laboratory.

² As measured in field.

³ As measured to the nearest 0.01 foot in field before pumping or bailing.

N.D. Admin Code 33.1-20-13-03

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 370, October 2018, effective 1/1/2019.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-377, July 2020, effective 7/1/2020.

General Authority: NDCC 23.1-08-03, 23.1-11-05, 23.1-11-11, 61-28-04, 61-28-05; S.L. 2017, ch. 199, § 1

Law Implemented: NDCC 23.1-08-03, 23.1-11-05, 23.1-11-06, 23.1-11-08, 23.1-11-11, 61-28-04; S.L. 2017, ch. 199, §§ 23, 26