Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0001929
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON, Crookston, MN: NPDES MN0001929 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON, held by American Crystal Sugar - Crookston, holds NPDES permit MN0001929, which discharges to Red L R. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2010 and expiring December 31, 2014. 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 | AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | American Crystal Sugar - Crookston |
| NPDES ID | MN0001929 |
| 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 | January 26, 2010 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2014 |
| Address | Crookston, MN 56716 |
| Receiving water | RED L R |
| Subwatershed | City of Crookston-Red Lake River (HUC 090203030507) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 10 | June 30, 2022 | 53% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 9 | 9 | July 31, 2019 | 44% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 8 | 8 | September 30, 2025 | 97% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 8 | 8 | September 30, 2022 | 2,350% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | |
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 3 | 160 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 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
- 21Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 29, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| July 11, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| May 11, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 5, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 25, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 23, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| January 16, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 1, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| October 1, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 1, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 9, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 1, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| April 22, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| April 1, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator | ST6 |
| September 28, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| September 28, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 28, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| September 28, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 28, 2018 | 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.