Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0058611

EAST LAKE SEWAGE LAGOON, East Lake, MN: NPDES MN0058611 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

EAST LAKE SEWAGE LAGOON, held by MILLE LACS BAND OF CHIPPEWA, holds NPDES permit MN0058611, which discharges to Rice R Via Deciduous Lowlands. EPA’s file records it issued June 7, 2016 and expiring June 6, 2021. 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	EAST LAKE SEWAGE LAGOON
Permittee as filed	MILLE LACS BAND OF CHIPPEWA
NPDES ID	MN0058611
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
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 7, 2016
Expiration date	June 6, 2021
Address	East Lake, MN 55760
Receiving water	RICE R VIA DECIDUOUS LOWLANDS
Subwatershed	Rice Lake-Rice River (HUC 070101040105)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
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

17Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
16With a violation of any kind
2With 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
pH	8	199	1	May 31, 2019
Coliform, fecal general	0	22	1	May 31, 2014	183% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	10	334	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	10	334	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	192	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	144	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	78	0
Rainfall	2	75	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	2	75	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	2	75	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	74	0
E. coli	4	70	0
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response	2	34	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	10	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	10	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	10	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	2	0	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 MN0058611.

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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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MN0058611 for the EAST LAKE SEWAGE LAGOON in East Lake, MN, held by MILLE LACS BAND OF CHIPPEWA and discharging to Rice R Via Deciduous Lowlands within the Rice Lake-Rice River subwatershed (HUC 070101040105). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the status and dates reflect EPA's permit file as of October 14, 2026.