Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDR050571
GERDAU AMERISTEEL-JAMESTOWN, Jamestown, ND: NPDES NDR050571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GERDAU AMERISTEEL-JAMESTOWN, held by Gerdau Ameristeel Recycling, holds NPDES permit NDR050571, which discharges to Upper James. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 filed | GERDAU AMERISTEEL-JAMESTOWN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gerdau Ameristeel Recycling |
| NPDES ID | NDR050571 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | March 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Jamestown, ND 58402 |
| Receiving water | Upper James |
| Subwatershed | 101600030303 (HUC 101600030303) |
| SIC | 5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dry days preceding precipitation event | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall duration | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Date of Storm Event | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NDR050571.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NDR050571.
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.