Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0023736
WESTMORELAND BEULAH MINING LLC, Beulah, ND: NPDES ND0023736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESTMORELAND BEULAH MINING LLC, held by Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC, holds NPDES permit ND0023736, which discharges to Knife. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | WESTMORELAND BEULAH MINING LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC |
| NPDES ID | ND0023736 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 18, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Beulah, ND 58523 |
| Receiving water | Knife |
| Subwatershed | Lower Coyote Creek (HUC 101302010703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 129 | 4,710 | 29 | April 30, 2023 | 9,071% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 117 | 4,630 | 25 | August 31, 2023 | 3,557% over the limit |
| pH | 86 | 3,066 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 117 | 2,461 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 86 | 2,148 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 1,558 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 43 | 1,156 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 39 | 400 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 377 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 90 | 181 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 0 | 14 | 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 ND0023736.
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.