Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0020559
VALLEY CITY CITY OF, Valley City, ND: NPDES ND0020559 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VALLEY CITY CITY OF, held by Valley City City Of, holds NPDES permit ND0020559, which discharges to Lower Sheyenne. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 | VALLEY CITY CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Valley City City Of |
| NPDES ID | ND0020559 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 27, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Valley City, ND 58072 |
| Receiving water | Lower Sheyenne |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Prairie Rest Cemetery-Sheyenne River (HUC 090202040202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 17 | 17 | June 30, 2024 | 122% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 8 | 8 | June 30, 2026 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 6 | 6 | April 30, 2009 | 9,900% over the limit |
| E. coli | 3 | 4 | 4 | July 31, 2025 | 425% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2009 | 47% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total phenols | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, tot calc. [Ca, Mg, Fe] as CaC03 | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimphales promelas | 1 | 0 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ND0020559.
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.