Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0064688
BEJOU, Bejou, MN: NPDES MN0064688 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEJOU, held by CITY OF BEJOU, holds NPDES permit MN0064688, which discharges to Marsh Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 9, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. 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 | BEJOU |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF BEJOU |
| NPDES ID | MN0064688 |
| 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 | October 9, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Address | Bejou, MN 56516 |
| Receiving water | MARSH CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Marsh Creek (HUC 090201080703) |
| 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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 348 | 11 | May 31, 2026 | 284% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 190 | 8 | May 31, 2024 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 88 | 2 | October 31, 2011 | 177% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 84 | 2 | June 30, 2023 | 75% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 89 | 1 | May 31, 2022 | 40% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 339 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 254 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 180 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 69 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 1 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 0 | 3 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | EP6 |
| August 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | EP6 |
| August 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | EP6 |
| August 31, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | EP6 |
| August 31, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | EP6 |
| August 31, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | EP6 |
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.