Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0025321
CENTER COAL CO, Center, ND: NPDES ND0025321 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 43Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CENTER COAL CO, held by Center Coal Co, holds NPDES permit ND0025321, which discharges to Painted Woods-Square Butte. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2018 and expiring June 30, 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 | CENTER COAL CO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Center Coal Co |
| NPDES ID | ND0025321 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 26, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Center, ND 58530 |
| Receiving water | Painted Woods-Square Butte |
| Subwatershed | Nelson Lake-Square Butte Creek (HUC 101301010803) |
| NAICS | 212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
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
- 45Pollutants on file
- 43Under a numeric limit
- 45With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbonate ion- [as CO3] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, % | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silica, total [as SiO2] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total phenols | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Nitrite Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hydroxide | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ND0025321.
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 ND0025321.
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.