Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0002313
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC - BLUE EARTH, Blue Earth, MN: NPDES MN0002313 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC - BLUE EARTH, held by Darling International Inc - Blue Earth, holds NPDES permit MN0002313, which discharges to Blue Earth R. EPA’s file records it issued November 8, 2013 and expiring October 31, 2018. 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 | DARLING INGREDIENTS INC - BLUE EARTH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Darling International Inc - Blue Earth |
| NPDES ID | MN0002313 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 8, 2013 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2018 |
| Address | Blue Earth, MN 56013 |
| Receiving water | BLUE EARTH R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | County Ditch No 31-Coon Creek (HUC 070200090404) |
| SIC | 2077 – Animal And Marine Fats And Oils |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND985693746; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002704300026 |
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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 0 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2026 | 60% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 9% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 1 | 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 MN0002313.
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.