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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0000388

GARRISON DAM NFH, Riverdale, ND: NPDES ND0000388 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GARRISON DAM NFH, held by Garrison Dam NFH, holds NPDES permit ND0000388, which discharges to Painted Woods-Square Butte. 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 filedGARRISON DAM NFH
Permittee as filedGarrison Dam NFH
NPDES IDND0000388
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
AddressRiverdale, ND 58565
Receiving waterPainted Woods-Square Butte
SubwatershedGarrison Dam National Fish Hatchery-Missouri River (HUC 101301010102)

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 suspended91247November 30, 2019107% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4570
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4400
pH4380
Flow, total2200
Duration of discharge1180

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 ND0000388.

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 NPDES permit ND0000388 for GARRISON DAM NFH in Riverdale, ND, which discharges to Painted Woods-Square Butte and is administratively continued. The facts list a discharger class of 6, one pollutant under a numeric limit, and one pollutant with an effluent exceedance.