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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR MN0000002715100026

CHIPPEWA VALLEY ETHANOL COMPANY, Benson, MN: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

CHIPPEWA VALLEY ETHANOL COMPANY, at 270 20TH ST NW, Benson in Swift County, Minnesota, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedCHIPPEWA VALLEY ETHANOL COMPANY
ICIS-AIR IDMN0000002715100026
EPA facility registry ID110000427075
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address270 20TH ST NW, Benson, MN 562151039
CountySwift County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Beverage and tobacco manufacturing (NAICS 3121)
EPA region05

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not yet include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs CHIPPEWA VALLEY ETHANOL COMPANY is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
November 17, 2025FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
August 24, 2023FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
December 4, 2019FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits
August 14, 2017FCE On-SiteState40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Performance Standards; New Source Review Permit Requirements; Title V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
December 4, 2019Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 14, 2017Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

0 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 0 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 23, 2020Warning LetterState
November 3, 2017Warning LetterState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 20, 2026N/AState
April 8, 2026PassState
July 15, 2025PassState
May 23, 2023PassState
June 29, 2022PassState
March 1, 2022PassState
July 14, 2020PassState
April 22, 2020PassState
June 20, 2019PassState
April 17, 2018PassState
May 2, 2017N/AState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.