Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0065391
BENTON UTILITIES WWTP, Rice, MN: NPDES MN0065391 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BENTON UTILITIES WWTP, held by Benton Utilities LLC, holds NPDES permit MN0065391. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2024 and expiring August 31, 2029. 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 | BENTON UTILITIES WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Benton Utilities LLC |
| NPDES ID | MN0065391 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 1, 2024 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2029 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Rice, MN 56367 |
| Subwatershed | Little Rock Creek (HUC 070102010504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 1 | 48 | 47 | January 31, 2025 | 15,202% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 23 | 23 | September 30, 2025 | 520% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 23 | 23 | July 31, 2026 | 519% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 9 | 9 | August 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 9 | 9 | January 31, 2026 | 493% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2018 | |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 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 MN0065391.
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.