Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0023931
LE CENTER WWTP, Le Center, MN: NPDES MN0023931 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LE CENTER WWTP, held by Le Center city of, holds NPDES permit MN0023931. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2022 and expiring May 31, 2027. 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 | LE CENTER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Le Center city of |
| NPDES ID | MN0023931 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2022 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Le Center, MN 56057 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Le Sueur Creek (HUC 070200120101) |
| 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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 | 7 | 48 | 48 | March 31, 1993 | 500% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 45 | 45 | April 30, 1993 | 603% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 6 | 6 | July 31, 1992 | 232% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 5 | March 31, 1991 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 MN0023931.
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.