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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0024571

RED WING WWTP, Red Wing, MN: NPDES MN0024571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RED WING WWTP, held by Red Wing city of, holds NPDES permit MN0024571. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2018. 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 filedRED WING WWTP
Permittee as filedRed Wing city of
NPDES IDMN0024571
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 1, 2018
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2018
Issuing agencySTA
AddressRed Wing, MN 55066
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHay Creek (HUC 070400010401)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MND000823807

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C155April 30, 2023107% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual133May 31, 2017453% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]432August 31, 200820% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]322July 31, 2014132% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant660
Solids, total suspended920
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]720
pH420
Mercury, dissolved [as Hg]200
Specific conductance100
Precipitation, total defined period/in100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3]100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Calcium, total [as Ca]100
Magnesium, total [as Mg]100
Sodium, total [as Na]100
Potassium, total [as K]100
Chloride [as Cl]100
Sulfate, total [as SO4]100
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]100
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]100
Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3]100
Solids, total dissolved100
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal100
Solids, suspended percent removal100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0024571.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit MN0024571 for the RED WING WWTP in Red Wing, MN, held by Red Wing city of and listed as a Major Discharger with administrative continuation status. The page lists 28 pollutants on file, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.