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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG585161

RED LAKE FALLS WWTP, Red Lake Falls, MN: NPDES MNG585161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RED LAKE FALLS WWTP, held by Red Lake Falls city of, holds NPDES permit MNG585161. EPA’s file records it issued January 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 filedRED LAKE FALLS WWTP
Permittee as filedRed Lake Falls city of
NPDES IDMNG585161
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
IssuedJanuary 1, 2020
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2023
Issuing agencySTA
AddressRed Lake Falls, MN 56750
SubwatershedTown of Huot-Red Lake River (HUC 090203030502)

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
Solids, total suspended555May 31, 202283% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant900
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]500
pH300
Phosphorus, total [as P]300
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]200
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]200
Specific conductance100
Precipitation, total defined period/in100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3]100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]100
Calcium, total [as Ca]100
Magnesium, total [as Mg]100
Sodium, total [as Na]100
Potassium, total [as K]100
Chloride [as Cl]100
Sulfate, total [as SO4]100
Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3]100
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C100
Solids, total dissolved100

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 MNG585161.

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 MNG585161 for the RED LAKE FALLS WWTP, held by Red Lake Falls city of, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The figures listed are 22 pollutants on file, 22 pollutants, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, 1 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.