The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in its role as approval authority, oversees the development and
implementation of local pretreatment programs in the state. These local pretreatment programs are developed and
implemented in accordance with Chapter 62-625, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), § 403.0885, Florida Statutes (F.S.),
and the Clean Water Act (33 United States Code, § 1251 et seq.).
State of Florida's Active Pretreatment Programs
Pretreatment Definitions
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The national pretreatment program is a component of the NPDES program. It is a cooperative effort of federal, state,
and local environmental regulatory agencies established to protect water quality. Similar to how EPA authorizes the
NPDES permit program to state, tribal, and territorial governments to perform permitting, administrative, and
enforcement tasks for discharges to surface waters (NPDES program), EPA and authorized NPDES state pretreatment
programs approve local municipalities to perform permitting, administrative, and enforcement tasks for discharges
into the municipalities’ publicly owned treatment works.
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 403
Introduction to the National Pretreatment Program
EPA's National Pretreatment Program, 1973-2003: Thirty Years of Protecting the Environment
National Pretreatment Program: Report To Congress
Report to Congress on the Discharge of Hazardous Wastes to Publicly Owned Treatment Works
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