Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0063118
POET BIOREFINING - BINGHAM LAKE, Bingham Lake, MN: NPDES MN0063118 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
POET BIOREFINING - BINGHAM LAKE, held by ETHANOL 2000 LLP, holds NPDES permit MN0063118, which discharges to Cd 23. EPA’s file records it issued March 6, 2012 and expiring February 28, 2017. 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 | POET BIOREFINING - BINGHAM LAKE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ETHANOL 2000 LLP |
| NPDES ID | MN0063118 |
| 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 | March 6, 2012 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2017 |
| Address | Bingham Lake, MN 56118 |
| Receiving water | CD 23 |
| Subwatershed | Bingham Lake (HUC 070200100401) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MNR000053447; ICIS-AIR source MN0000002703300025 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 4 | 2 | August 31, 2025 | 60% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethanol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 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
- 10Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Laboratory Not Certified | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| August 7, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
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.