Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0026310
GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON, Hankinson, ND: NPDES ND0026310 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON, held by Hankinson Renewable Energy, LLC, holds NPDES permit ND0026310, which discharges to Western Wild Rice. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hankinson Renewable Energy, LLC |
| NPDES ID | ND0026310 |
| 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 26, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Hankinson, ND 58041 |
| Receiving water | Western Wild Rice |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Town of Great Bend-Wild Rice River (HUC 090201050803) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NDR000008219; ICIS-AIR source ND0000003807700113 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 26 | 20 | June 30, 2026 | 1,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 103% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2019 | 35% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 7 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 3% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2018 | |
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 20% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2018 | 2% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Carbonate ion- [as CO3] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silica, total [as SiO2] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hydroxide | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, % total cations | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity, lab, NTU | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimphales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 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 ND0026310.
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.