Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0001015
MINNESOTA POWER - HIBBARD RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER, Duluth, MN: NPDES MN0001015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MINNESOTA POWER - HIBBARD RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER, held by Minnesota Power - Hibbard Renewable Energy Ctr, holds NPDES permit MN0001015, which discharges to Saint Louis R Bay. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2011 and expiring July 31, 2016. 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 | MINNESOTA POWER - HIBBARD RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Minnesota Power - Hibbard Renewable Energy Ctr |
| NPDES ID | MN0001015 |
| 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 | August 1, 2011 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2016 |
| Address | Duluth, MN 55807 |
| Receiving water | SAINT LOUIS R BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Saint Louis River (HUC 040102011604) |
| SIC | 4961 – Steam And Air-Conditioning Supply |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND000819433; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002713700015 |
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
- 3Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 1991 | 60% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 9 | 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 MN0001015.
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.