Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0001287
SENECA FOODS CORP - BLUE EARTH, Blue Earth, MN: NPDES MN0001287 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SENECA FOODS CORP - BLUE EARTH, held by Seneca Foods Corp, holds NPDES permit MN0001287. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027. 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 | SENECA FOODS CORP - BLUE EARTH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Seneca Foods Corp |
| NPDES ID | MN0001287 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2022 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Blue Earth, MN 56013 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower East Branch Blue Earth River (HUC 070200090507) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND981803216 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 1 | 4 | 3 | September 30, 2025 | 88% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | 47% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| November 6, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| November 6, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| November 6, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| November 6, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| November 6, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
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.