Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0020052
STURGIS, CITY OF, Sturgis, SD: NPDES SD0020052 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STURGIS, CITY OF, held by Sturgis, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0020052, which discharges to Bear Butte Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 26, 2007 and expiring March 31, 2012. 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 | STURGIS, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sturgis, City of |
| NPDES ID | SD0020052 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 26, 2007 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2012 |
| Issuing agency | SDDENR |
| Address | Sturgis, SD 57785 |
| Receiving water | BEAR BUTTE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Upper Bear Butte Creek (HUC 101202020704) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 12 | 48 | 4 | July 31, 2010 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 45 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 3% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 9 | 1 | August 31, 2023 | 26% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 9 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 6 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 6 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 6 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 3 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| November 13, 2024 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | ST6 |
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.