Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0046388
PINE RIVER AREA SANITARY DISTRICT, Pine River, MN: NPDES MN0046388 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PINE RIVER AREA SANITARY DISTRICT, held by Pine River ARea Sanitary District, holds NPDES permit MN0046388. EPA’s file records it issued April 2, 2012 and expiring March 31, 2017. 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 | PINE RIVER AREA SANITARY DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pine River ARea Sanitary District |
| NPDES ID | MN0046388 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 2, 2012 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | MPCA |
| Address | Pine River, MN 56474 |
| Subwatershed | Norway Lake-Pine River (HUC 070101050104) |
| 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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2025 | 905% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 30% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 27, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
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.