Industrial Waste Forms

A survey of the processes and wastewater generated at your facility, used to determine if industrial wastewater is generated:

• Wastewater Discharge Survey (Microsoft Word)
• Breweries and Brewpub Discharge Survey (Microsoft Word)

Application for businesses to discharge industrial wastewater to the sanitary sewer in the seven-county metro area:

• Industrial Discharge Permit Application (Microsoft Word)

Application for microbreweries and brewpubs to discharge process wastewater to the sanitary sewer in the seven-county metro area:

• Microbrewery and Brewpub Permit Application (Microsoft Word)

Application to haul wastewater to MCES facilities:

• Liquid Waste Hauler Permit Application (Microsoft Word)

Application for disposal of sanitary sewer cleaning waste (using a vacuum truck or trailer) at MCES Vactor disposal sites:

• Sanitary Sewer Cleaning Waste Hauler Application (Microsoft Word)

Application to discharge groundwater and/or surface water to MCES facilities via onsite connection or hauled by an MCES permitted liquid waste hauler:

• Groundwater and/or Surface Water - Special Discharge Permit Application (Microsoft Word)

• Community Review Form - required for direct ground/surface water discharges to the sanitary sewer (Microsoft Word)

Application to discharge landfill leachate and/or condensate to MCES facilities via on-site connection or hauled by an MCES permitted liquid waste hauler:

• Landfill Leachate and/or Condensate - Special Discharge Permit Application (Microsoft Word)

Approval request for a one-time industrial wastewater discharge to MCES facilities (not to be used for groundwater or surface water):

• Industrial Discharge Approval Request Form (Microsoft Word)

Supplementary attachments for Approval requests and Groundwater/Surface applications

• Out-of-Service Area Attachment - required for waste generated outside of MCES service area (Microsoft Word)
• PFAS Attachment - required for waste containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) (Microsoft Word)

New owner request form to transfer a Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) Industrial Discharge Permit from one business entity to another:

• Industrial Discharge Permit Transfer Form (Microsoft Word)

MCES must have a current Signatory Authority on file for each permit. The Signatory Authority must meet EPA requirements listed in 40 CFR 403.12(l), as well as in the forms below.

• Certification of Signatory Authority - Required (Microsoft Word)
• Certification of Signatory Authority (Liquid Waste Hauler) - Required (Microsoft Word)

Confidential information for an Industrial Discharge Permit Application, Industrial Discharge Permit Renewal Application, and/or Baseline Monitoring Report should be submitted via a secure method: mail, encrypted email.

• Confidential Business Information Procedure & Form (PDF)

MCES requires reporting and renewing permits online through the Industrial Online Reporting System (IORS).

For information about the system, visit our IORS reporting page or contact the IORS support team at 651-602-4789 or [email protected].

Facilities holding an MCES Industrial, General, Special Discharge or Liquid Waste Hauler Permit, and dental clinics participating in the Amalgam Recovery Program, need to enroll in the IORS. To enroll, follow these Account Registration Instructions (PDF) and complete the forms:

• Electronic Signature Agreement (Microsoft Word)

• Online Account Deactivation Form (Microsoft Word)

For information about when to complete and submit a spill report, please refer to our Spill Reporting page.

Liquid Waste Hauler Log Sheets.

• LWH Load Tracker template (Excel)
• Form A: Domestic Septage (Microsoft Word)
• Form A2: Out-of-Service Area Domestic Septage (Microsoft Word)
• Form B1: Industrial Waste (Microsoft Word)
• Form B2: Landfill Leachate (Microsoft Word)
• Form C: Commercial Waste (Microsoft Word)
• Form C2: Portable Toilet Waste (Microsoft Word)
• Form D: Holding Tank Waste (Microsoft Word)
• Form M: Same Load Pumped Multiple Times During Reporting Period (Microsoft Word)
• Load Summary for Reporting Period (Microsoft Word)

Liquid and sewer cleaning waste haulers must provide MCES with current vehicle identification information:

• Vehicle Identification Form (Microsoft Word)