Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0002208
MINNESOTA POWER - TACONITE HARBOR ENERGY, Schroeder, MN: NPDES MN0002208 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MINNESOTA POWER - TACONITE HARBOR ENERGY, held by Minnesota Power, holds NPDES permit MN0002208. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 - TACONITE HARBOR ENERGY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Minnesota Power |
| NPDES ID | MN0002208 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Schroeder, MN 55613 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Taconite Harbor-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC 040101010905) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MNR000108324; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002703100001 |
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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 3 | 11 | 11 | May 31, 2023 | 167% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F | 1 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2015 | 27% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2019 | 98% over the limit |
| Effluent dilution ratio | 1 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 58% over the limit |
| Rainfall duration | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, dissolved [as K] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, dissolved [as SO4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Depth of pond or reservoir in feet | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0002208.
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.