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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG441231

PORKPASS, Tracy, MN: NPDES MNG441231 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PORKPASS, held by Ben Ludeman, holds NPDES permit MNG441231. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2026.

PORKPASS, Tracy, Minnesota: Coverage under a general permit MNG441231, held by Ben Ludeman; Concentrated animal feeding operations; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 26, 2024, term to January 31, 2026, by STA.

Minnesota holds 292 Concentrated animal feeding operations coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 228 were issued before MNG441231.

Coverages issued nearest MNG441231

PORKPASS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the North Twin Lake-Cottonwood River subwatershed (HUC 070200080102), MNG441231 among them. Its county holds 24, 1 of them major permits; MNG441231 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the North Twin Lake-Cottonwood River subwatershed (HUC 070200080102)

  • GARVIN WWTP, Garvin: MN0029602, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2026
  • SOUTHPASS INC, Tracy: MNG440344, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2026

What the register holds for PORKPASS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Tracy, Minnesota. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MNG441231.

Identity

Facility as filedPORKPASS
Permittee as filedBen Ludeman
NPDES IDMNG441231
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConcentrated animal feeding operations
IssuedSeptember 26, 2024
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2026
Issuing agencySTA
AddressTracy, MN 56175
SubwatershedNorth Twin Lake-Cottonwood River (HUC 070200080102)

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MNG441231.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MNG441231.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MNG441231.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MNG441231.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The PORKPASS permit, NPDES ID MNG441231, is one of 3 NPDES permits in the North Twin Lake-Cottonwood River subwatershed, this one included, and one of 5 CAFO permits in Lyon County. Of those 5 Lyon County CAFO permits, 0.0% have a violation on file, and the permit recorded no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances.