Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0066109
THE COVE UTILITY ASSOCIATION, Sauk Rapids, MN: NPDES MN0066109 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THE COVE UTILITY ASSOCIATION, held by The Cove Utility Association, holds NPDES permit MN0066109. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2022 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 | THE COVE UTILITY ASSOCIATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Cove Utility Association |
| NPDES ID | MN0066109 |
| 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 | January 1, 2022 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 |
| Subwatershed | City of Sartell-Mississippi River (HUC 070102010705) |
| 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 17 | 17 | May 31, 2026 | 138% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 9 | 9 | November 30, 2025 | 490% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 8 | 8 | December 31, 2025 | 447% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2026 | 213% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2022 | 1,110% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 MN0066109.
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.