Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0000094
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR DRAYTON, Drayton, ND: NPDES ND0000094 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR DRAYTON, held by American Crystal Sugar Company, holds NPDES permit ND0000094, which discharges to Middle Red River. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 filed | AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR DRAYTON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | American Crystal Sugar Company |
| NPDES ID | ND0000094 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Drayton, ND 58225 |
| Receiving water | Middle Red River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | County Ditch No 13 (HUC 090203110504) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NDD000819185; ICIS-AIR source ND0000003806700003 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 8With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 120 | 64 | November 30, 2025 | 3,075% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 75 | 17 | October 31, 2024 | 77% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 65 | 7 | July 31, 2024 | 212% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 2 | 16 | 6 | December 31, 2023 | |
| pH | 8 | 49 | 5 | October 31, 2023 | |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 15 | 5 | December 31, 2023 | |
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimphales promelas | 2 | 15 | 4 | December 31, 2023 | 62% over the limit |
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 14 | 4 | September 30, 2025 | 258% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [COD], dissolved | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 6 | 6 | 0 |
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.