Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0040665
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR - RENVILLE, Renville, MN: NPDES MN0040665 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR - RENVILLE, held by Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, holds NPDES permit MN0040665. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2021 and expiring November 30, 2025. 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 | SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR - RENVILLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative |
| NPDES ID | MN0040665 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Renville, MN 56284 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters West Fork Beaver Creek (HUC 070200041101) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND062859814; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002712900014 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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] | 35 | 40 | 40 | July 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 44 | 16 | 16 | August 31, 2007 | 200% over the limit |
| Toxicity, salmo acute | 0 | 14 | 14 | September 30, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 3 | 8 | 8 | October 31, 2013 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 40 | 6 | 6 | September 30, 2020 | 410% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 36 | 5 | 5 | February 28, 2021 | 43% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 23 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2016 | 7% over the limit |
| pH | 24 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2010 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 22 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2010 | 3% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 9 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2013 | 6% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 7 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | 82% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2009 | 150% over the limit |
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, % total cations | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 MN0040665.
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.