Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0023035
CLARA CITY WWTP, Clara City, MN: NPDES MN0023035 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CLARA CITY WWTP, held by CLARA CITY, holds NPDES permit MN0023035, which discharges to Hawk Cr. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2011 and expiring October 31, 2016. 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 | CLARA CITY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CLARA CITY |
| NPDES ID | MN0023035 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 17, 2011 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2016 |
| Address | Clara City, MN 56222 |
| Receiving water | HAWK CR |
| Subwatershed | County Ditch No 37-Hawk Creek (HUC 070200040904) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 12 | August 31, 2025 | 320% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 17 | 9 | July 31, 2025 | 513% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 14 | 6 | June 30, 2025 | 92% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 0 | 8 | 6 | August 31, 2025 | 4,369% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 38 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | 32% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2025 | 133% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 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 MN0023035.
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.