Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0063487
FEDERAL DAM WWTP, Federal Dam, MN: NPDES MN0063487 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FEDERAL DAM WWTP, held by FEDERAL DAM, holds NPDES permit MN0063487, which discharges to Leech Lake R. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019. 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 | FEDERAL DAM WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FEDERAL DAM |
| NPDES ID | MN0063487 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 5, 2014 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2019 |
| Address | Federal Dam, MN 56641 |
| Receiving water | LEECH LAKE R |
| Subwatershed | Drumbeater Lake-Leech River (HUC 070101020601) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 0 | 4 | 4 | July 31, 2026 | 1,110% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 27% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 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 MN0063487.
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.