Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0021890
APPLETON WWTP, Appleton, MN: NPDES MN0021890 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
APPLETON WWTP, held by Appleton city of, holds NPDES permit MN0021890. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2023 and expiring January 31, 2028. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | APPLETON WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Appleton city of |
| NPDES ID | MN0021890 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 1, 2023 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Appleton, MN 56208 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Pomme de Terre River (HUC 070200020604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 22 | 10 | November 30, 2021 | 130% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 8 | 4 | July 31, 2026 | 13% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 4 | 2 | May 31, 2026 | 190% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 58% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 1 | July 31, 2020 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0021890.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 14, 2026.