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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDG322365

FESSENDEN CITY OF, Fessenden, ND: NPDES NDG322365 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FESSENDEN CITY OF, held by Fessenden City Of, holds NPDES permit NDG322365, which discharges to James Headwaters. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 filedFESSENDEN CITY OF
Permittee as filedFessenden City Of
NPDES IDNDG322365
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 27, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
Issuing agencyNorth Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
AddressFessenden, ND 58438
Receiving waterJames Headwaters
SubwatershedHirshkorn Lake (HUC 101600010202)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH295September 30, 2025
Solids, total suspended380
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C370
Flow, total120

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NDG322365.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit NDG322365, held by FESSENDEN CITY OF in Fessenden, ND, which discharges to James Headwaters in the Hirshkorn Lake subwatershed (HUC 101600010202). The page lists 4 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, 4 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.