Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0020168

PAYNESVILLE, Paynesville, MN: NPDES MN0020168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PAYNESVILLE holds NPDES permit MN0020168, which discharges to Crow R N Fk & Land. EPA’s file records it issued August 10, 2006 and expiring July 31, 2011. 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	PAYNESVILLE
Permittee as filed	PAYNESVILLE
NPDES ID	MN0020168
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 10, 2006
Expiration date	July 31, 2011
Address	Paynesville, MN 56362
Receiving water	CROW R N FK & LAND
Subwatershed	Rice Lake-North Fork Crow River (HUC 070102040107)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
3With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	47	14	May 31, 1994	209% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	23	10	July 31, 1993	382% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	35	3	September 30, 1992	136% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	36	0
pH	22	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	11	0
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C	8	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 MN0020168.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MN0020168 for PAYNESVILLE in Paynesville, MN, an effective individual permit for a minor discharger, publicly owned treatment works, which discharges to CROW R N FK & LAND within the Rice Lake-North Fork Crow River subwatershed (HUC 070102040107). The page lists 7 pollutants on file, 0 under a numeric limit, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.