Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0027481
LEAD, CITY OF (CSO), Lead, SD: NPDES SD0027481 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEAD, CITY OF (CSO), held by LEAD - CITY OF - CSO, holds NPDES permit SD0027481, which discharges to Gold Run Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 14, 2005 and expiring June 30, 2010. 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 | LEAD, CITY OF (CSO) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LEAD - CITY OF - CSO |
| NPDES ID | SD0027481 |
| 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 | June 14, 2005 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | SDDENR |
| Address | Lead, SD 57754 |
| Receiving water | GOLD RUN CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Upper Whitewood Creek (HUC 101202020207) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 | 8 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall duration | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, petroleum | 4 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES SD0027481.
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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 24, 2026 | PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] | ST6 |
| August 18, 2026 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| July 29, 2026 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| June 22, 2026 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | 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.