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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0001686

CONAGRA FOODS PACKAGED FOODS LLC, Waseca, MN: NPDES MN0001686 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CONAGRA FOODS PACKAGED FOODS LLC, held by ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods LLC, holds NPDES permit MN0001686. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2022 and expiring April 30, 2027. 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 filedCONAGRA FOODS PACKAGED FOODS LLC
Permittee as filedConAgra Foods Packaged Foods LLC
NPDES IDMN0001686
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 1, 2022
Expiration dateApril 30, 2027
Issuing agencySTA
AddressWaseca, MN 56093
SubwatershedCounty Ditch No 38 (HUC 070200110105)
SIC2037 – Frozen Fruits And Vegetables
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MND006161293

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
Temperature, water deg. centigrade0191June 30, 1992292% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant01000
Solids, total suspended980
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]980
Phosphorus, total [as P]980
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]980
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]980

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 MN0001686.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MN0001686, held by CONAGRA FOODS PACKAGED FOODS LLC in Waseca, MN, with a status of Effective and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 7 pollutants on file, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.