Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDR050820
MID AMERICA STEEL INC-FARGO, Fargo, ND: NPDES NDR050820 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MID AMERICA STEEL INC-FARGO, held by Mid America Steel Inc., holds NPDES permit NDR050820, which discharges to Upper Red. 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 | MID AMERICA STEEL INC-FARGO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Mid America Steel Inc. |
| NPDES ID | NDR050820 |
| 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 | Fargo, ND 58102 |
| Receiving water | Upper Red |
| Subwatershed | Town of Harwood (HUC 090201040505) |
| SIC | 3412 – Metal Barrels, Drums, And Pails |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NDR000014860 |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dry days preceding precipitation event | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall duration | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Date of Storm Event | 0 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NDR050820.
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 NDR050820.
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.