Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0021741
EMERY, CITY OF, Emery, SD: NPDES SD0021741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EMERY, CITY OF, held by Emery, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0021741, which discharges to Wolf Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | EMERY, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Emery, City of |
| NPDES ID | SD0021741 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | SDDANR |
| Address | Emery, SD 57332 |
| Receiving water | Wolf Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Gross Lake-Wolf Creek (HUC 101600111506) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 84 | 20 | May 31, 2021 | 775% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 79 | 14 | July 31, 2024 | 5,047% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 35 | 7 | August 31, 2010 | 1,874% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 68 | 2 | May 31, 2006 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 68 | 1 | February 29, 2020 | 14% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flowing, Receiving Stream | 1 | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 4, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | 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 September 15, 2026.