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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0057509

HENNEPIN COUNTY ENERGY CENTER, Minneapolis, MN: NPDES MN0057509 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HENNEPIN COUNTY ENERGY CENTER holds NPDES permit MN0057509, which discharges to Miss R Via Ss. EPA’s file records it issued April 15, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020. 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 filedHENNEPIN COUNTY ENERGY CENTER
Permittee as filedHENNEPIN COUNTY ENERGY CENTER
NPDES IDMN0057509
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 15, 2015
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2020
AddressMinneapolis, MN 55415
Receiving waterMISS R VIA SS
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSaint Anthony Falls-Mississippi River (HUC 070102060703)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MN0000977744; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002705300002

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual021June 30, 20265% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0180
pH060
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit030
Nitrogen, total [as N]010
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]010
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]010
Phosphorus, total [as P]010

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0057509.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MN0057509 for HENNEPIN COUNTY ENERGY CENTER in Minneapolis, MN, which discharges to Miss R Via Ss and is administratively continued. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Saint Anthony Falls-Mississippi River subwatershed (HUC 070102060703).