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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0001929

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON, Crookston, MN: NPDES MN0001929 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON, held by American Crystal Sugar - Crookston, holds NPDES permit MN0001929, which discharges to Red L R. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2010 and expiring December 31, 2014. 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 filedAMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON
Permittee as filedAmerican Crystal Sugar - Crookston
NPDES IDMN0001929
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 26, 2010
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2014
AddressCrookston, MN 56716
Receiving waterRED L R
SubwatershedCity of Crookston-Red Lake River (HUC 090203030507)
SIC2063 – Beet Sugar
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MND006174742; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002711900001

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
Solids, total suspended41010June 30, 202253% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]199July 31, 201944% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C488September 30, 202597% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C188September 30, 20222,350% over the limit
pH222July 31, 2022
Stream flow, instantaneous31600
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant320
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]200
Temperature, water deg. centigrade100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]100
Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 29, 2024Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
July 15, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
July 11, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
June 15, 2022Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
May 11, 2022Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 5, 2022Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 25, 2022Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 23, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
January 16, 2021Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
October 1, 2020Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
October 1, 2020Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
September 1, 2020Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
June 9, 2020Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
October 1, 2019Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
April 22, 2019Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
April 1, 2019Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
September 28, 2018Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
September 28, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
September 28, 2018Management Practice Violations - Failure to Conduct InspectionsST6
September 28, 2018Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
September 28, 2018Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6

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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What this page shows

This page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES permit MN0001929 held by AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON in Crookston, MN, which discharges to Red L R within the City of Crookston-Red Lake River (HUC 090203030507) subwatershed, with a permit status of administratively continued. The register lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance for this facility, which is classed as a Major Discharger.