Various reports and raw data that the Section generates can be filtered below. If there is any data you wish to be made available please contact us, and we will see what can be done.

The Division of Air Quality maintains an air permitting database. Permit records contained in the database can be viewed on-line and printed from following the links below. Facilities listed in the database include those with general permits, minor sources, synthetic minor sources, and Title V (major) sources.

 Permit to Operate (PTO)

Information contained in the database includes facility location information, and permittee contact information.

Questions related to a specific Operating Permit should be directed to the State Air Quality Contact for a given facility (name provided in the database table).




 Permit to Construct (PTC)

Questions related to a specific Construction Permit call 701-328-5188 or email the Air Quality division (airquality@nd.gov), ATTN: Permit to Construct Program.

The status of PTC applications that have been received and are being processed can be tracked through our PTC In-Progress page.

In North Dakota, both the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Mineral Resources' Oil and Gas Division of the North Dakota Industrial Commission receive reports of environmental incidents. Incidents reported to the Department of Health are called General Environmental Incidents.

 Environmental Incident Reports

North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) is the responsible authority on oilfield environmental incidents.

Compliance and Superfund Sites

All hazardous waste compliance and superfund site data is available through Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8.

 EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History On-line (ECHO) database 

 RCRAInfo Web Application 

Brownfield Site Data

All Brownfield site data is available through Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8.

 Brownfields and Land Revitalization in Region 8 

 Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES) 

PCB (Poly-chlorinated biphenyls)

All PCB (Poly-chlorinated biphenyls) data is available through Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8.

 Brownfields and Land Revitalization in Region 8 

 Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES) 

The Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program works with owners and operators of underground storage tanks to ensure that the compliance, leak detection, new installations, upgrades and tank closures are completed in accordance with North Dakota's Underground Storage Tank Rules.

 UST Operator Portal On-line Services Log-In Required

 Underground Storage Tank Registry

 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Registry

Notice about Requesting Animal Feeding Operations Records

NDAC 44-04-32: The State Department of Health shall keep a written record of each individual who requests information and the type of information requested regarding an animal feeding operation permit.

Within seven business days of receiving the request, the Department shall provide written notice to the owner and operator of the animal feeing operation describing the type of information that has been requested and the name and address of the requester.

If an individual makes inquires on more than three files in any one request, the Department shall change the individual a fee sufficient to cover the cost of mailing the notice to the owners and operators whose files are being examined and a fee for copying the records as allowed under section 44-04-18.

North Dakota Department of Water Resources  maintains extensive records related to water and watershed data.

Due to the large staff demands for open records, any information requested to the Department which is available on Water Resources' site will not be provided in the Department's Open Records response.

Notice about Requesting Animal Feeding Operations Records

NDCC 44-04-32: The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality shall keep a written record of each individual who requests information and the type of information requested regarding an animal feeding operation permit.

Within seven business days of receiving the request, the Department shall provide written notice to the owner and operator of the animal feeing operation describing the type of information that has been requested and the name and address of the requester.

If an individual makes inquires on more than three files in any one request, the Department shall change the individual a fee sufficient to cover the cost of mailing the notice to the owners and operators whose files are being examined and a fee for copying the records as allowed under section 44-04-18.

Surface water is water that has collected on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, or wetland; It is related to water that has collected as groundwater or atmospheric water. Surface water is naturally replenished by precipitation and naturally lost through discharge to evaporation and sub-surface seepage into the ground.

United States Geological Survey 

Red River Basin Decision Information Network 

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality Surface Water Quality Data

Surface Water Quality Data for North Dakota

This water quality stations interactive map viewer allows visitors to explore and discover surface water quality information for the state of North Dakota.

 Watershed Management Program

Access for Ground Water Monitoring

NDCC 23.1-11-08: The names and addresses of landowners and operators who participate in a ground water monitoring program may not be linked, in any public disclosure, to the findings of the program unless it is determined by rule that a compelling public interest justifies the disclosure. Without that determination, disclosure of the information is a violation of section 12.1-13-01.

 Groundwater Monitoring Program Sample Map*

GIS and Maps

Wellhead Protection and Source Point Protection Areas

The department does not give out the location of water intakes. Information about a specific protection area can be requested.

 Ground Water Program

Ground Water Monitoring Program *

* The aquifers shown here have been sampled as part of the various groundwater monitoring programs. Due to AG's opinion on NDCC 23-33-08, the department can only provide general information about the monitoring program and not specific laboratory results of individual samples.

 Ground Water Program

Municipal Facilities Inspector Regions

 Municipal Facilities Division

GIS and Maps

Wellhead Protection and Source Point Protection Areas

The Municipal Facilities Division does not give out the location of water intakes. Information about a specific protection area can be requested.

 Ground Water Program

Ground Water Monitoring Program *

* The aquifers shown here have been sampled as part of the various groundwater monitoring programs. Due to AG's opinion on NDCC 23-33-08, the department can only provide general information about the monitoring program and not specific laboratory results of individual samples.

 Ground Water Program

Municipal Facilities Inspector Regions

 Municipal Facilities Division

Annual Compliance Report

• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017

Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)

¹The Department maintains some records for Class I and Class V Underground Injection Control (UIC) wells in the state, though permits are not required to be filed with the Department when wells are constructed and no change in ownership notification are required, so data may not be up–to–date, nor an accurate representation of UIC wells in the State. The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) is responsible for all other Classes of UIC Wells.

Prior to January 1, 2021, both the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Mineral Resources' Oil and Gas Division of the North Dakota Industrial Commission received reports of environmental incidents.

 Environmental Incident Reports 1975 - 2020

North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) is the responsible authority on oilfield environmental incidents.

Since January 1, 2021, all environmental incidents have been reported to the Unified Spill Reporting System, which has a Public Access Tool.

 Environmental Incident Reports 2021 - Present

 Requesting Records