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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0000132

BALDHILL DAM NFH, Valley City, ND: NPDES ND0000132 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BALDHILL DAM NFH, held by Garrison Dam NFH, holds NPDES permit ND0000132, which discharges to Lower Sheyenne. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedBALDHILL DAM NFH
Permittee as filedGarrison Dam NFH
NPDES IDND0000132
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 20, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
Issuing agencyNorth Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
AddressValley City, ND 58072
Receiving waterLower Sheyenne
SubwatershedHobart Lake-Sheyenne River (HUC 090202040105)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Solids, total suspended3401July 31, 201417% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3390
pH2260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2260
Flow, total1130

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 ND0000132.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ND0000132 for BALDHILL DAM NFH in Valley City, ND, held by Garrison Dam NFH and discharging to the Lower Sheyenne. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class of 5, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance. The file shows the permit issued December 20, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022, with the status as of October 14, 2026.