Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0026271
NET-ZERO RICHARDTON, LLC, Richardton, ND: NPDES ND0026271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NET-ZERO RICHARDTON, LLC, held by Red Trail Energy LLC, holds NPDES permit ND0026271, which discharges to Upper Heart. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 | NET-ZERO RICHARDTON, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Red Trail Energy LLC |
| NPDES ID | ND0026271 |
| 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 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Richardton, ND 58652 |
| Receiving water | Upper Heart |
| Subwatershed | Abbey Lake (HUC 101302010504) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NDR000007898; ICIS-AIR source ND0000003808900085 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2023 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2018 | 120% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2021 | 426% over the limit |
| Toxic Units Static 48HR Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 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 ND0026271.
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.