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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDG589205

TOKIO WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOONS, Tokio, ND: NPDES NDG589205 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOKIO WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOONS, held by Sioux Utilities Commission, holds NPDES permit NDG589205, which discharges to Devils Lake. EPA’s file records it issued February 3, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2020. 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 filedTOKIO WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOONS
Permittee as filedSioux Utilities Commission
NPDES IDNDG589205
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 3, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2020
AddressTokio, ND 58379
Receiving waterDEVILS LAKE
SubwatershedBlack Tiger Bay-Devils Lake (HUC 090202011206)

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 suspended6461June 30, 202210% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6450
pH10360
Temperature, water deg. centigrade6230
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6230
Flow, total6180
E. coli4180
Nitrogen, total [as N]3150
Phosphorus, total [as P]3150
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]0100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total0100
Oil & Grease390
Oil and grease visual390
BOD, 5-day, percent removal050
Solids, suspended percent removal050
Duration of discharge100

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 NDG589205.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NDG589205 for TOKIO WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOONS in Tokio, ND, held by Sioux Utilities Commission and discharging to Devils Lake, with an administratively continued status as of the September 15, 2026 load date. The page lists 16 pollutants on file, of which 12 are under a numeric limit and 1 has an effluent exceedance, and the facility is classed as a Minor Discharger in watershed HUC 090202011206.