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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDG526107

STEELE WTP, Steele, ND: NPDES NDG526107 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STEELE WTP, held by Steele City Of, holds NPDES permit NDG526107, which discharges to Apple Creek. 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSTEELE WTP
Permittee as filedSteele City Of
NPDES IDNDG526107
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
AddressSteele, ND 58482
Receiving waterApple Creek
SubwatershedWeber Lake (HUC 101301030805)

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
Solids, total suspended3197March 31, 2018789% over the limit
pH2122March 31, 2024
Iron, total [as Fe]3120
Manganese, total [as Mn]390
Conductivity360
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]360
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C360
Chloride [as Cl]360
Sulfate, total [as SO4]360
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Flow, total110

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 NDG526107.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NDG526107 for STEELE WTP in Steele, ND, held by Steele City Of and discharging to Apple Creek, with a permit status of administratively continued. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, 11 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.