Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SDG589513
WOUNDED KNEE COMMUNITY LAGOON, Pine Ridge, SD: NPDES SDG589513 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WOUNDED KNEE COMMUNITY LAGOON, held by Oglala Sioux Tribe Water and Sewer, holds NPDES permit SDG589513, which discharges to Wounded Knee Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 5, 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 | WOUNDED KNEE COMMUNITY LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Oglala Sioux Tribe Water and Sewer |
| NPDES ID | SDG589513 |
| 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 | April 5, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA Region 8 |
| Address | Pine Ridge, SD 57770 |
| Receiving water | WOUNDED KNEE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Bartlett Creek-Wounded Knee Creek (HUC 101402011605) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 0 | 10 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES SDG589513.
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 SDG589513.
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.