Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0029815
MET COUNCIL - METROPOLITAN WWTP, Saint Paul, MN: NPDES MN0029815 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MET COUNCIL - METROPOLITAN WWTP, held by Met Council Metropolitan WWTP, holds NPDES permit MN0029815, which discharges to Miss R. EPA’s file records it issued September 11, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. 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 | MET COUNCIL - METROPOLITAN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Met Council Metropolitan WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MN0029815 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 11, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Address | Saint Paul, MN 55106 |
| Receiving water | MISS R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Harriet Island-Mississippi River (HUC 070102060805) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND000819383; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002712300053 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 4 | 90 | 90 | September 30, 2009 | 499,900% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2011 | 33% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 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 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexane Sulfonate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate 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 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 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 MN0029815.
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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