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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0022144

ESTELLINE, CITY OF, Estelline, SD: NPDES SD0022144 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ESTELLINE, CITY OF, held by Estelline, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0022144, which discharges to Big Sioux River. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2013 and expiring March 31, 2018. 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 filedESTELLINE, CITY OF
Permittee as filedEstelline, City of
NPDES IDSD0022144
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 29, 2013
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2018
Issuing agencySDDENR
AddressEstelline, SD 57234
Receiving waterBig Sioux River
SubwatershedHidewood Creek-Big Sioux River (HUC 101702021102)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]412212May 31, 2026468% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]473August 31, 2025121% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C21122January 31, 202548% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade21100
Flow rate21100
pH21100
Solids, total suspended21100
Coliform, total general01000
Duration0500
Chlorine, total residual0500
Coliform, fecal general2360
Flow0200
Flow, total150
Duration of discharge150

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 9, 2025PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]ST6
February 4, 2025PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]ST6
February 3, 2025Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
January 29, 2025Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit SD0022144, held by Estelline, City of, a publicly owned treatment works discharging to the Big Sioux River in Estelline, SD. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit was issued March 29, 2013 and expires March 31, 2018.