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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR MN0000002706700061

BUSHMILLS ETHANOL INC, Atwater, MN: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

BUSHMILLS ETHANOL INC, at 17025 HIGHWAY 12 NE, Atwater in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedBUSHMILLS ETHANOL INC
ICIS-AIR IDMN0000002706700061
EPA facility registry ID110024871183
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address17025 HIGHWAY 12 NE, Atwater, MN 562099684
CountyKandiyohi County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251)
EPA region05

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs BUSHMILLS ETHANOL INC is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
September 17, 2024FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
August 4, 2021FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
March 10, 2020FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
September 24, 2019PCE On-SiteU.S. EPAMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); Operating Permits
March 26, 2019PCE Off-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
March 7, 2018PCE Off-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
September 11, 2017FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
August 5, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
March 7, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 2 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
March 16, 2026Administrative OrderState$13,215
August 12, 2020Administrative OrderState$2,015

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 19, 2025Notice of ViolationState
January 17, 2020Notice of ViolationState
May 10, 2018Warning LetterState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 17, 2026PassState
November 25, 2025PassState
August 5, 2025FailState
September 5, 2024PassState
April 2, 2024PassState
August 23, 2022PassState
March 15, 2022PassState
March 24, 2021PassState
May 19, 2020PassState
April 30, 2019FailState
April 2, 2019PassState
August 21, 2018PassState
April 26, 2018PassState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

The Velarion Records public-records register page covers the Clean Air Act stationary source record for BUSHMILLS ETHANOL INC, Atwater, MN, under ICIS-AIR ID MN0000002706700061. It lists operating status Operating, emissions classification Major source, current violation status No Violation Identified, 7 compliance evaluations since January 1, 2017, 0 high-priority violations since January 1, 2017, and 2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017. The page also gives the EPA facility registry ID 110024871183, county Kandiyohi County, industry Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251), EPA region 05, and a status date of September 14, 2026.