Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDR050639

GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON, Hankinson, ND: NPDES NDR050639 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON, held by Guardian Energy Hankinson, holds NPDES permit NDR050639. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025.

GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON, Hankinson, North Dakota: Coverage under a general permit NDR050639, held by Guardian Energy Hankinson; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 30, 2020, term to March 31, 2025, by North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality; Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing.

North Dakota holds 267 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 32 were issued before NDR050639.

Coverages issued nearest NDR050639

March 30, 2020: DAKOTA BLUFFS LANDFILL, Bismarck, NDR050585, held by Dakota Bluffs LLC
March 30, 2020: GILLE AUTO, Valley City, NDR050586, held by Gille Auto
March 30, 2020: MASONITE CORPORATION, Wahpeton, NDR050610, held by Masonite Corporation
March 30, 2020: GERDAU AMERISTEEL RECYCLING-FARGO DIVISION, Fargo, NDR050621, held by Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation
March 30, 2020: LITTLE MISSOURI SPECIAL, INC, Marmarth, NDR050632, held by Little Missouri Special, Inc
March 30, 2020: RAIL MODAL GROUP - MINOT, Minot, NDR050640, held by Rail Modal Group
March 30, 2020: MIDWEST AG SUPPLEMENTS - SUNNYSIDE FEEDS, Mandan, NDR050642, held by Midwest Ag Supplements
March 30, 2020: CATERPILLAR REMANUFACTURING DRIVETRAIN FARGO LLC, West Fargo, NDR050654, held by Caterpillar Remanufacturing Drivetrain Fargo LLC
March 30, 2020: OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY - CENTRAL STORES, Wahpeton, NDR050660, held by Otter Tail Power Company
March 30, 2020: GREAT RIVER ENERGY - SPIRITWOOD STATION, Spiritwood, NDR050675, held by Great River Energy

GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Lake Elsie subwatershed (HUC 090201050802), NDR050639 among them. Its county holds 66, 3 of them major permits; NDR050639 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lake Elsie subwatershed (HUC 090201050802)

CITY OF HANKINSON - CR-1 STOCKPILE, Hankinson: NDR113870, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030
GUARDIAN ENERGY, Hankinson: NDR113677, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030
HANKINSON CITY OF, Hankinson: NDG322055, minor permit, discharging to Western Wild Rice, permit term to September 30, 2024
MARK SAND & GRAVEL CO-HANKINSON, Hankinson: NDR320053, minor permit, discharging to Western Wild Rice, permit term to December 31, 2024
MARK SAND AND GRAVEL HANKINSON, Hankinson: ND0024201, minor permit, discharging to Western Wild Rice, permit term to December 31, 2022
MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES CO. HANKINSON RENEWABLES 6IN STEEL RELOCATION, Hankinson: NDR114170, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030

What the register holds for GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Hankinson, North Dakota. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NDR050639.

Identity

Facility as filed	GUARDIAN ENERGY HANKINSON
Permittee as filed	Guardian Energy Hankinson
NPDES ID	NDR050639
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	Hankinson, ND 58041
Subwatershed	Lake Elsie (HUC 090201050802)
NAICS	325193 – Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing
SIC	2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler NDR000008219; ICIS-AIR source ND0000003807700113

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NDR050639.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NDR050639.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NDR050639.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NDR050639.

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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

The Guardian Energy Hankinson storm water industrial permit is one of 10 such permits in Richland County, and it is one of 7 NPDES permits in the Lake Elsie subwatershed. Its 0.0% share of earlier-issued permits among the county's storm water industrial group and its record of zero pollutants with a numeric limit or effluent exceedance set it apart from the 10.0% of peer permits in that county that carry a violation on file.