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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR MN0000002715700034

ARDENT MILLS LLC, Lake City, MN: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

ARDENT MILLS LLC, at 905 MARION ST, Lake City in Wabasha County, Minnesota, is an operating synthetic minor 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 filedARDENT MILLS LLC
ICIS-AIR IDMN0000002715700034
EPA facility registry ID110070222917
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationSynthetic minor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address905 MARION ST, Lake City, MN 550412007
CountyWabasha County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Food manufacturing (NAICS 3112)
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 include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs ARDENT MILLS LLC 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
September 10, 2024FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Review Permit Requirements
October 17, 2022PCE Off-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Review Permit Requirements
July 26, 2021FCE On-SiteStateFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V; 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources; New Source Review Permit Requirements

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
June 17, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 10, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
October 17, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 26, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 1 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.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
December 30, 2025Administrative OrderState$10,200
November 7, 2023Administrative OrderState$0

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 14, 2025Notice of ViolationState
June 5, 2025Warning LetterState
January 6, 2022Warning LetterState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 21, 2025PassState
June 10, 2025FailState
May 26, 2020PassState

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.