Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0055662
AITKIN AGRI-PEAT INC - CROMWELL, Cromwell, MN: NPDES MN0055662 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AITKIN AGRI-PEAT INC - CROMWELL, held by AITKIN AGRI PEAT INC, holds NPDES permit MN0055662, which discharges to Kettle R & Kettle L. EPA’s file records it issued August 9, 2013 and expiring July 31, 2018. 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 | AITKIN AGRI-PEAT INC - CROMWELL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AITKIN AGRI PEAT INC |
| NPDES ID | MN0055662 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 9, 2013 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2018 |
| Address | Cromwell, MN 55726 |
| Receiving water | KETTLE R & KETTLE L |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Kettle Lake (HUC 070300030101) |
| SIC | 1499 – Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND010358497 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 75 | 69 | June 30, 1999 | 2,700% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 21 | 12 | July 31, 1997 | 1,800% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 9 | 8 | July 31, 1998 | 2,757% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 10 | 6 | November 30, 2025 | 212% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 43 | 4 | April 30, 2026 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0055662.
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.