Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG585162
STEPHEN WWTP, Stephen, MN: NPDES MNG585162 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STEPHEN WWTP, held by Stephen city of, holds NPDES permit MNG585162. 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | STEPHEN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Stephen city of |
| NPDES ID | MNG585162 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Stephen, MN 56757 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Judicial Ditch No 9-Red River (HUC 090203060603) |
| 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
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 3 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 10% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2023 | 1,110% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 9 | 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 MNG585162.
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.