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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG640109

ELY WTP, Ely, MN: NPDES MNG640109 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ELY WTP, held by Ely city of, holds NPDES permit MNG640109. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2018 and expiring June 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 filedELY WTP
Permittee as filedEly city of
NPDES IDMNG640109
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
IssuedJuly 1, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
Issuing agencySTA
AddressEly, MN 55731
SubwatershedShagawa Lake (HUC 090300011002)

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
Chlorine, total residual132March 31, 2025900% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2150
pH220
Solids, total suspended110
Nitrogen, total [as N]110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]110
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]110
Phosphorus, total [as P]110

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 MNG640109.

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 the NPDES discharge permit MNG640109 for ELY WTP in Ely, MN, held by Ely city of and administratively continued after its June 30, 2023 expiration, within the Shagawa Lake subwatershed (HUC 090300011002). The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, 8 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.