Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0024601
BNI COAL LTD CENTER, Center, ND: NPDES ND0024601 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BNI COAL LTD CENTER, held by BNI Coal Ltd Center, holds NPDES permit ND0024601, which discharges to Upper Lake Oahe. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2022 and expiring March 31, 2027. 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 | BNI COAL LTD CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BNI Coal Ltd Center |
| NPDES ID | ND0024601 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 18, 2022 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Center, ND 58530 |
| Receiving water | Upper Lake Oahe |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Square Butte Creek (HUC 101301010801) |
| NAICS | 212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NDD071500912; ICIS-AIR source ND0000003806500003 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 117 | 146 | 2 | June 30, 2022 | 134% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 105 | 129 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 105 | 99 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 78 | 94 | 0 | ||
| pH | 78 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 82 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 39 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 35 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 8 | 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 ND0024601.
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.