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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0021440

SPRING GROVE WWTP, Spring Grove, MN: NPDES MN0021440 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPRING GROVE WWTP, held by SPRING GROVE, holds NPDES permit MN0021440, which discharges to Iowa R U Via Bear Cr & Root R S Fk. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2008 and expiring July 31, 2013. 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 filedSPRING GROVE WWTP
Permittee as filedSPRING GROVE
NPDES IDMN0021440
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 12, 2008
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2013
AddressSpring Grove, MN 55974
Receiving waterIOWA R U VIA BEAR CR & ROOT R S FK
SubwatershedNorth Bear Creek (HUC 070600020501)

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
Solids, total suspended02214May 31, 2026246% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]02214May 31, 2026375% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal077June 30, 2026220% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C0186July 31, 2026571% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal044March 31, 2026147% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0430
Chlorine, total residual0100
pH080
Trichloroethylene040
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]030
Nitrogen, total [as N]020
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]020
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]010

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 MN0021440.

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.