Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0028380
NUGEN ENERGY, LLC, Marion, SD: NPDES SD0028380 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUGEN ENERGY, LLC, held by NuGen Energy, LLC, holds NPDES permit SD0028380, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary Of West Fork Of Vermillion River. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2007 and expiring June 30, 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 | NUGEN ENERGY, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NuGen Energy, LLC |
| NPDES ID | SD0028380 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 20, 2007 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2012 |
| Issuing agency | SDDENR |
| Address | Marion, SD 57043 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed tributary of West Fork of Vermillion River |
| Subwatershed | Bethesda Church-West Fork Vermillion River (HUC 101701020605) |
| NAICS | 325110 – Petrochemical Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler SDR000209155; ICIS-AIR source SD0000004612500002 |
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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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] | 2 | 43 | 23 | April 30, 2022 | 85% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 21 | 7 | October 31, 2022 | 47% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 18 | 4 | May 31, 2010 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 10 | 3 | April 30, 2010 | 11,742% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 16 | 2 | October 31, 2019 | 90% over the limit |
| Conductivity | 2 | 12 | 2 | June 30, 2008 | 13% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2021 | 1,529% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 12, 2018 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | 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.