Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDG321873

CLEVELAND CITY OF, Cleveland, ND: NPDES NDG321873 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CLEVELAND CITY OF, held by Cleveland City Of, holds NPDES permit NDG321873, which discharges to Upper James. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024.

CLEVELAND CITY OF, Cleveland, North Dakota: Coverage under a general permit NDG321873, held by Cleveland City Of; Publicly owned treatment works; Effective; issued September 27, 2019, term to September 30, 2024, by North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality; discharges to Upper James; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

pH: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2024.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2015, largest 204% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

June 15, 2026: Evaluation (S).

North Dakota holds 305 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 119 were issued before NDG321873.

Coverages issued nearest NDG321873

September 27, 2019: HURDSFIELD CITY OF, Hurdsfield, NDG321776, held by Hurdsfield City Of
September 27, 2019: LIGNITE CITY OF, Lignite, NDG321784, held by Lignite City Of
September 27, 2019: MAX CITY OF, Max, NDG321792, held by Max City Of
September 27, 2019: WALCOTT CITY OF, Walcott, NDG321831, held by Walcott City Of
September 27, 2019: NOONAN CITY OF, Noonan, NDG321857, held by Noonan City Of
September 27, 2019: ESMOND CITY OF, Esmond, NDG321881, held by Esmond City Of
September 27, 2019: GILBY CITY OF, Gilby, NDG321890, held by Gilby City Of
September 27, 2019: SHELDON CITY OF, Sheldon, NDG321920, held by Sheldon City Of
September 27, 2019: BERTHOLD CITY OF, Berthold, NDG321938, held by Berthold City Of
September 27, 2019: EDINBURG CITY OF, Edinburg, NDG321962, held by Edinburg City Of

CLEVELAND CITY OF among its neighbors

Its county holds 73, 1 of them major permits; NDG321873 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

ALL DAY TRUCKING - THE 10 ACRE, Jamestown: NDR114097, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030
BARNARD CONSTRUCTION, (Unknown City): NDG070989, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025
BROWN-WILBERT INC. - JAMESTOWN, Jamestown: NDR320876, minor permit, discharging to Upper James, permit term to December 31, 2024
BUFFALO MANOR APARTMENT, Jamestown: NDR114235, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030
CARGILL MALTING CO, Spiritwood: ND0025925, minor permit, discharging to Upper James, permit term to September 30, 2019
CAVENDISH FARMS INC., Jamestown: NDP026816, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2021
CAVENDISH FARMS INC. - CAVENDISH JAMESTOWN WASTEWATER LAGOON, Jamestown: NDR113754, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030
CAVENDISH FARMS-JAMESTOWN PROCESSING PLANT, Jamestown: NDR050606, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025
CAVENDISH FARMS, INC., Jamestown: NDR113610, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030
CITY OF JAMESTOWN - JAMESTOWN INERT LANDFILL CELL 10, (Unknown City): NDR112963, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	CLEVELAND CITY OF
Permittee as filed	Cleveland City Of
NPDES ID	NDG321873
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 27, 2019
Expiration date	September 30, 2024
Issuing agency	North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
Address	Cleveland, ND 58424
Receiving water	Upper James
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With 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
pH	2	20	2	September 30, 2024
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	28	1	September 30, 2015	204% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	27	0
Flow, total	1	9	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NDG321873.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 15, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NDG321873.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NDG321873, held by CLEVELAND CITY OF in Cleveland, ND, for a publicly owned treatment works discharging to Upper James. The permit is listed as Effective with a Minor discharger class, and it shows 4 pollutants on file, 2 under a numeric limit and 2 with an effluent exceedance.