Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0000884
XCEL ENERGY - HIGH BRIDGE COMBINED CYCLE PLANT, Saint Paul, MN: NPDES MN0000884 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
XCEL ENERGY - HIGH BRIDGE COMBINED CYCLE PLANT, held by Xcel Energy - High Bridge Combined Cycle Plant, holds NPDES permit MN0000884, which discharges to Miss R. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2013 and expiring August 31, 2018. 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 filed | XCEL ENERGY - HIGH BRIDGE COMBINED CYCLE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Xcel Energy - High Bridge Combined Cycle Plant |
| NPDES ID | MN0000884 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 1, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | MPCA |
| Address | Saint Paul, MN 55102 |
| Receiving water | MISS R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Harriet Island-Mississippi River (HUC 070102060805) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND000823799 |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2011 | 25% over the limit |
| Chlorination | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2010 | 275% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 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 MN0000884.
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 October 14, 2026.