Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG585186
TOWER/BREITUNG WWTP, Soudan, MN: NPDES MNG585186 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
TOWER/BREITUNG WWTP, held by Tower city of, holds NPDES permit MNG585186. EPA’s file records it issued February 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 filed | TOWER/BREITUNG WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tower city of |
| NPDES ID | MNG585186 |
| 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 | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Soudan, MN 55782 |
| Subwatershed | East Two River (HUC 090300020202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 11 | 2 | October 31, 2020 | 20% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 9 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 4 | 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 MNG585186.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MNG585186.
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 MNG585186.
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.