Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0023175
DICKINSON CITY OF, Dickinson, ND: NPDES ND0023175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 34Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DICKINSON CITY OF, held by City of Dickinson, holds NPDES permit ND0023175, which discharges to Upper Heart. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 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 | DICKINSON CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Dickinson |
| NPDES ID | ND0023175 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 18, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Dickinson, ND 58601 |
| Receiving water | Upper Heart |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Dickinson (HUC 101302020305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 41Pollutants on file
- 34Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 3 | 33 | 21 | August 31, 2024 | 492% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 30 | 18 | August 31, 2014 | 613% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 23 | 15 | December 31, 2020 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 17 | 5 | January 31, 2023 | 57% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2014 | 400% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 0 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2013 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static 48HR Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimphales promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 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 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, tot calc. [Ca, Mg, Fe] as CaC03 | 3 | 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 ND0023175.
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.