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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0023892

SNAKE CREEK PUMPING PLANT, Coleharbor, ND: NPDES ND0023892 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SNAKE CREEK PUMPING PLANT, held by Snake Creek Pumping Plant, holds NPDES permit ND0023892, which discharges to Lake Sakakawea. EPA’s file records it issued June 27, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSNAKE CREEK PUMPING PLANT
Permittee as filedSnake Creek Pumping Plant
NPDES IDND0023892
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 27, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
Issuing agencyNorth Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
AddressColeharbor, ND 58531
Receiving waterLake Sakakawea
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMcClusky Canal Lock (HUC 101101013604)

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
Chlorine, total residual31010June 30, 20202,100% over the limit
E. coli388December 31, 2019809% over the limit
Solids, total suspended522December 31, 20227% over the limit
pH411December 31, 2013
Oil & Grease400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C300
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]300
Duration of discharge200
Flow, total200
Oil and grease visual200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ND0023892.

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 14, 2026.