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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0000485

NUSTAR - MOORHEAD TERMINAL, Moorhead, MN: NPDES MN0000485 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NUSTAR - MOORHEAD TERMINAL, held by NuStar - Moorhead Terminal, holds NPDES permit MN0000485, which discharges to Red R. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2008 and expiring November 30, 2013. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedNUSTAR - MOORHEAD TERMINAL
Permittee as filedNuStar - Moorhead Terminal
NPDES IDMN0000485
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 1, 2008
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2013
AddressMoorhead, MN 56560
Receiving waterRED R
SubwatershedCounty Ditch No 41 (HUC 090201040503)
SIC4613 – Refined Petroleum Pipelines
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MND000686683; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002702700013

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended08742November 30, 19971,200% over the limit
Hydrocarbons, petroleum04411September 30, 1997767% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant01040
pH0400
Ethylbenzene0100
Lead, total [as Pb]090
Phenolics, total recoverable090
Cadmium, total [as Cd]080
Copper, total [as Cu]080
Zinc, total [as Zn]080
Toluene080
Benzene080
Hydrocarbons, aromatic080
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]080
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]070

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0000485.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MN0000485, held by NUSTAR - MOORHEAD TERMINAL in Moorhead, MN, which discharges to Red R and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 1, 2008 and expiring November 30, 2013.