Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0001643
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, International Falls, MN: NPDES MN0001643 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, held by Boise White Paper LLC - Intl Falls, holds NPDES permit MN0001643, which discharges to Rainy R. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2010 and expiring June 30, 2015. 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 | PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Boise White Paper LLC - Intl Falls |
| NPDES ID | MN0001643 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 15, 2010 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2015 |
| Address | International Falls, MN 56649 |
| Receiving water | RAINY R |
| Subwatershed | City of International Falls-Rainy River (HUC 090300080501) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 6 | 6 | July 31, 2017 | 114% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2017 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2010 | 37% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Halogen, total organic | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paper production | 2 | 0 | 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
- 11Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| November 19, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| November 19, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 7, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| October 7, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies | ST6 |
| May 30, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 29, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 10, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 10, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| July 19, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 13, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
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.