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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG585017

FORESTON WWTP, Foreston, MN: NPDES MNG585017 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FORESTON WWTP, held by Foreston city of, holds NPDES permit MNG585017. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedFORESTON WWTP
Permittee as filedForeston city of
NPDES IDMNG585017
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 1, 2020
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2023
Issuing agencySTA
AddressForeston, MN 56330
SubwatershedCity of Foreston-West Branch Rum River (HUC 070102070303)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH322November 30, 2021
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C111April 30, 20231,110% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant900
Solids, total suspended500
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]500
Phosphorus, total [as P]400
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]200
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]200
Precipitation, total defined period/in100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MNG585017.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MNG585017 for the FORESTON WWTP in Foreston, MN, held by Foreston city of, which the page lists as an administratively continued minor discharger permit issued December 1, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2023. The page reports 11 pollutants on file, with 2 under a numeric limit and 2 with an effluent exceedance.