Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDG589206
FOUR WINDS TATE TOPA TRIBAL SCHOOL LAGOON, Fort Totten, ND: NPDES NDG589206 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOUR WINDS TATE TOPA TRIBAL SCHOOL LAGOON, held by U.S. B.I.A. Four Winds School, holds NPDES permit NDG589206, which discharges to Holding Pond. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2020. 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 | FOUR WINDS TATE TOPA TRIBAL SCHOOL LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | U.S. B.I.A. Four Winds School |
| NPDES ID | NDG589206 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 9, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Address | Fort Totten, ND 58335 |
| Receiving water | HOLDING POND |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Town of Fort Totten-Devils Lake (HUC 090202011203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 0 | 15 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 485% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 53% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 103 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 101 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 0 | 12 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NDG589206.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.