Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0053252
CARIBOU HIGHLANDS LODGE WWTP, Lutsen, MN: NPDES MN0053252 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARIBOU HIGHLANDS LODGE WWTP, held by Caribou Holdings LLC, holds NPDES permit MN0053252. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2024. 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 | CARIBOU HIGHLANDS LODGE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Caribou Holdings LLC |
| NPDES ID | MN0053252 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Lutsen, MN 55612 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Poplar River (HUC 040101010706) |
| SIC | 6514 – Dwelling Operators, Except Apartments |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 60 | 10 | November 30, 2025 | 68% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 33 | 5 | April 30, 2023 | 320% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 52 | 2 | September 30, 2024 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 52 | 2 | May 31, 1989 | 49% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 0 | 10 | 2 | April 30, 2023 | 753% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 12 | 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 MN0053252.
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.