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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IDR05J016

RASMUSSEN RIDGE MINE, Soda Springs, ID: NPDES IDR05J016 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RASMUSSEN RIDGE MINE, held by Nutrien, holds NPDES permit IDR05J016, which discharges to Angus Creek - Unnamed Tributaries. EPA’s file records it issued April 17, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedRASMUSSEN RIDGE MINE
Permittee as filedNutrien
NPDES IDIDR05J016
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 17, 2021
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2026
Issuing agencyU.S. EPA
AddressSoda Springs, ID 83276
Receiving waterAngus Creek - unnamed tributaries
SubwatershedAngus Creek-Blackfoot River (HUC 170402070205)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source ID0000001602900031

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH220
Solids, total suspended110
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]110
Sediment, suspended100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IDR05J016.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IDR05J016.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IDR05J016 for the Rasmussen Ridge Mine in Soda Springs, ID, held by Nutrien, which discharges to Angus Creek - Unnamed Tributaries in the Angus Creek-Blackfoot River subwatershed (HUC 170402070205). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 4, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.