Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDR050675
GREAT RIVER ENERGY - SPIRITWOOD STATION, Spiritwood, ND: NPDES NDR050675 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREAT RIVER ENERGY - SPIRITWOOD STATION, held by Great River Energy, holds NPDES permit NDR050675, 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 | GREAT RIVER ENERGY - SPIRITWOOD STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Great River Energy |
| NPDES ID | NDR050675 |
| 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 | Spiritwood, ND 58481 |
| Receiving water | Upper James |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rush Island Lake (HUC 101600030103) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NDR000008508 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry days preceding precipitation event | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall duration | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Date of Storm Event | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NDR050675.
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 NDR050675.
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.