Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0022888
GRAND FORKS CITY OF, Grand Forks, ND: NPDES ND0022888 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 35Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRAND FORKS CITY OF, held by Grand Forks City Of, holds NPDES permit ND0022888, which discharges to Sandhill-Wilson. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 filed | GRAND FORKS CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Grand Forks City Of |
| NPDES ID | ND0022888 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 17, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Grand Forks, ND 58206 |
| Receiving water | Sandhill-Wilson |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 35Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 11 | 16 | 9 | June 30, 2016 | 64% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 8 | 4 | September 30, 2013 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2004 | 20% over the limit |
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2024 | 3% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static 48HR Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total phenols | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimphales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic 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 ND0022888.
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.