Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0000299
USGS - EROS DATA CENTER, Sioux Falls, SD: NPDES SD0000299 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
USGS - EROS DATA CENTER, held by USGS - EROS Data Center, holds NPDES permit SD0000299, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of West Pipestone Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 filed | USGS - EROS DATA CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | USGS - EROS Data Center |
| NPDES ID | SD0000299 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 31, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | SDDENR |
| Address | Sioux Falls, SD 57198 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Trib of West Pipestone Creek |
| Subwatershed | Lower West Pipestone Creek (HUC 101702031402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 0 | 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 SD0000299.
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.