Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0001449
3M COTTAGE GROVE CENTER, Cottage Grove, MN: NPDES MN0001449 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
3M COTTAGE GROVE CENTER, held by 3M - Cottage Grove, holds NPDES permit MN0001449, which discharges to Miss R. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2003 and expiring January 31, 2008. 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 | 3M COTTAGE GROVE CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | 3M - Cottage Grove |
| NPDES ID | MN0001449 |
| 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 | February 1, 2003 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2008 |
| Address | Cottage Grove, MN 55016 |
| Receiving water | MISS R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Colby Lake (HUC 070102060902) |
| SIC | 2899 – Chemical Preparations |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND000685701; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002716300002 |
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
- 87Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 81With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 87 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 25 | 25 | November 30, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 6 | June 30, 2025 | |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2026 | 3,500% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 116 | 4 | March 31, 2023 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 63 | 2 | June 30, 2024 | 142% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 28 | 2 | June 30, 2019 | 275% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2024 | 38% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 51 | 1 | April 30, 2010 | 2% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 34 | 1 | December 31, 2013 | 40% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | 5% over the limit |
| Length of longest pH excursion | 1 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2014 | 88% over the limit |
| % of time exceeding pH limits | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2021 | 32% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanesulfonamide | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 8:2 Fluorotelomer Alcohol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10:2 Fluorotelomer Alcohol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-2-methoxyacetic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-4-(2-sulfoethoxy)pentanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-3,5,7,9-tetraoxadecanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-3,5,7-trioxaoctanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-3,5-dioxahexanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-4-isopropoxybutanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoromethoxypropyl carboxylic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroethoxypropanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroethoxypropionic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-2-methoxypropanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pentafluoropentionic acid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoro-3,5,7,9,11-pentaoxadodecanoic acid | 0 | 2 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| July 30, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 15, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | 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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