Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0003671
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA - WINTHROP, Winthrop, MN: NPDES MN0003671 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA - WINTHROP, held by Dairy Farmers of America Inc - Winthrop, holds NPDES permit MN0003671, which discharges to Rush R Via Cd 42. EPA’s file records it issued November 6, 2009 and expiring October 31, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA - WINTHROP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Dairy Farmers of America Inc - Winthrop |
| NPDES ID | MN0003671 |
| 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 6, 2009 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2014 |
| Address | Winthrop, MN 55396 |
| Receiving water | RUSH R VIA CD 42 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | County Ditch No 54 (HUC 070200120402) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND057099087; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002714300009 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 74 | 42 | December 31, 1995 | 227% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 43 | 9 | February 28, 1993 | 187% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 0 | 26 | 2 | October 31, 1992 | 3,522% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2026 | 2% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 33 | 1 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 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 MN0003671.
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 September 15, 2026.