Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0049891
MDNR SCENIC STATE PARK, Bigfork, MN: NPDES MN0049891 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MDNR SCENIC STATE PARK, held by MDNR Scenic State Park, holds NPDES permit MN0049891. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 | MDNR SCENIC STATE PARK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MDNR Scenic State Park |
| NPDES ID | MN0049891 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Bigfork, MN 56628 |
| Subwatershed | Gale Brook (HUC 090300060403) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MNS000342664 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 8 | 5 | October 31, 2022 | 24,091% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 10 | 4 | July 31, 2022 | 362% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 8 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | 140% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 6 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 2 | 1 | July 31, 2022 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0049891.
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.