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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR ND0000003810500133

BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE - PIONEER GENERATION STATION - AQ, Williston, ND: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE - PIONEER GENERATION STATION - AQ, at 5639 151ST AVE NW, Williston in Williams County, North Dakota, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedBASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE - PIONEER GENERATION STATION - AQ
ICIS-AIR IDND0000003810500133
EPA facility registry ID110070262484
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address5639 151ST AVE NW, Williston, ND 58801
CountyWilliams County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Utilities (NAICS 2211)
SIC code4911
EPA region08

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE - PIONEER GENERATION STATION - AQ is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
June 26, 2025FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 14, 2024FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 25, 2023FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 27, 2022FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 31, 2021FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
July 22, 2020FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
June 13, 2019FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 17, 2018FCE On-SiteStateAcid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV); Stratospheric Ozone Protection; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

EPA’s violation history file holds no violation for ICIS-AIR ND0000003810500133 since January 1, 2017.

Enforcement and penalties

0 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 0 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal action file holds no notice or warning for ICIS-AIR ND0000003810500133 since January 1, 2017.

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 11, 2025PassState
October 14, 2025PassState
June 25, 2025PassState
June 24, 2025PassState
October 31, 2024FailState
October 30, 2024PassState
November 14, 2023PassState
August 22, 2023PassState
October 11, 2022PassState
July 12, 2022PassState
June 11, 2019PassState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.