Velarion Records
Follow this permit Velarion Records emails you this permit’s record, cited to the public filing, and tells you when the register changes it. Free.
We’ll email you a link to confirm. The continuous daily watch on every change is the paid alert. Unsubscribe any time.
Also free: The Pay Desk, the weekly executive pay briefing.

Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG585168

BIG STONE CO HUTTERITE COLONY GRACEVILLE, Graceville, MN: NPDES MNG585168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIG STONE CO HUTTERITE COLONY GRACEVILLE, held by Big Stone County Hutterite Colony, holds NPDES permit MNG585168. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2023.

BIG STONE CO HUTTERITE COLONY GRACEVILLE, Graceville, Minnesota: Coverage under a general permit MNG585168, held by Big Stone County Hutterite Colony; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 1, 2020, term to November 30, 2023, by STA.

  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 4 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 50% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 9 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Precipitation, total defined period/in: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • June 24, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Minnesota holds 240 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 144 were issued before MNG585168. Big Stone County Hutterite Colony holds 2 permits in Minnesota.

Other permits held by Big Stone County Hutterite Colony

Coverages issued nearest MNG585168

  • December 1, 2020: KARLSTAD WWTP, Karlstad, MNG585146, held by Karlstad city of
  • December 1, 2020: CANBY WWTP, Canby, MNG585154, held by Canby city of
  • December 1, 2020: MARIETTA WWTP, Marietta, MNG585160, held by Marietta city of
  • December 1, 2020: STEPHEN WWTP, Stephen, MNG585162, held by Stephen city of
  • December 1, 2020: NIELSVILLE WWTP, Nielsville, MNG585166, held by Nielsville city of
  • December 1, 2020: ROUND LAKE WWTP, Round Lake, MNG585198, held by Round Lake city of
  • December 1, 2020: SARGEANT WWTP, Sargeant, MNG585214, held by Sargeant city of
  • December 1, 2020: CONGER WWTP, Conger, MNG585222, held by Conger city of
  • December 1, 2020: HOLLANDALE WWTP, Hollandale, MNG585374, held by Hollandale city of
  • December 1, 2020: HENDRICKS WWTP, Hendricks, MNG585377, held by Hendricks city of

BIG STONE CO HUTTERITE COLONY GRACEVILLE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Toqua Lakes subwatershed (HUC 090201020301), MNG585168 among them. Its county holds 15, 0 of them major permits; MNG585168 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Toqua Lakes subwatershed (HUC 090201020301)

Identity

Facility as filedBIG STONE CO HUTTERITE COLONY GRACEVILLE
Permittee as filedBig Stone County Hutterite Colony
NPDES IDMNG585168
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
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 1, 2020
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2023
Issuing agencySTA
AddressGraceville, MN 56240
SubwatershedToqua Lakes (HUC 090201020301)

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]433October 31, 202550% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant900
Solids, total suspended500
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]500
pH300
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
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MNG585168.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 24, 2026EvaluationS

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 MNG585168.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, MNG585168.

Start the watch

How often?
  • One permit holder — $99/month
  • One watershed — $2,990/year
  • One state — $4,990/year
  • The whole register — $18,000/year

How we handle your data → Privacy

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MNG585168 for BIG STONE CO HUTTERITE COLONY GRACEVILLE in Graceville, MN, held by Big Stone County Hutterite Colony, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 11 of which fall under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, within the Toqua Lakes subwatershed (HUC 090201020301).