Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0075001
UPPER SIOUX COMMUNITY, Granite Falls, MN: NPDES MN0075001 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UPPER SIOUX COMMUNITY holds NPDES permit MN0075001. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2017 and expiring November 28, 2022. 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 | UPPER SIOUX COMMUNITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UPPER SIOUX COMMUNITY |
| NPDES ID | MN0075001 |
| 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 | December 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 28, 2022 |
| Address | Granite Falls, MN 56241 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Granite Falls-Minnesota River (HUC 070200040207) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MNS000332256 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 28With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 107 | 47 | February 28, 2026 | 975% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 11 | 82 | 22 | April 30, 2026 | 730% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 11 | 46 | 6 | July 31, 2025 | 250% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 15 | 5 | October 31, 2025 | 929% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 12 | 2 | April 30, 2021 | 72% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 41 | 1 | March 31, 2016 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 7 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 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 MN0075001.
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.