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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDG526034

CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT, Fessenden, ND: NPDES NDG526034 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT, held by Central Plains Water District, holds NPDES permit NDG526034, which discharges to James Headwaters. EPA’s file records it issued March 15, 2019 and expiring March 31, 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 filedCENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT
Permittee as filedCentral Plains Water District
NPDES IDNDG526034
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 15, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2024
Issuing agencyNorth Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
AddressFessenden, ND 58438
Receiving waterJames Headwaters
SubwatershedEigenheim School (HUC 101600010105)

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
pH2204September 30, 2024
Solids, total suspended3251March 31, 201964% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]3240
Manganese, total [as Mn]3240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2160
Flow, total180

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 NDG526034.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NDG526034, held by CENTRAL PLAINS WATER DISTRICT in Fessenden, ND, which discharges to James Headwaters in the Eigenheim School subwatershed (HUC 101600010105). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, an issue date of March 15, 2019, and an expiration date of March 31, 2024. The page reports 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.