Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0026816
HUB CITY ENERGY, Aberdeen, SD: NPDES SD0026816 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HUB CITY ENERGY, held by ABE South Dakota, LLC, holds NPDES permit SD0026816, which discharges to Foot Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012. 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 | HUB CITY ENERGY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ABE South Dakota, LLC |
| NPDES ID | SD0026816 |
| 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 | October 1, 2007 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2012 |
| Issuing agency | SDDENR |
| Address | Aberdeen, SD 57401 |
| Receiving water | FOOT CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Foot Creek (HUC 101600031906) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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] | 6 | 13 | 11 | May 31, 2023 | 57% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 8 | April 30, 2024 | 2,793% over the limit |
| Conductivity | 2 | 9 | 6 | March 31, 2017 | 8% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 11 | 3 | October 31, 2004 | 129% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2018 | 154% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste discharged-assessmnt | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 1 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| August 19, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | 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 September 15, 2026.