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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0047261

GOLD'N PLUMP POULTRY LLC, Cold Spring, MN: NPDES MN0047261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GOLD'N PLUMP POULTRY LLC, held by GOLD 'N' PLUMP POULTRY, holds NPDES permit MN0047261, which discharges to Sauk R. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 filedGOLD'N PLUMP POULTRY LLC
Permittee as filedGOLD 'N' PLUMP POULTRY
NPDES IDMN0047261
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 31, 2014
Expiration dateJune 30, 2019
AddressCold Spring, MN 56320
Receiving waterSAUK R
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSauk River (HUC 070102020607)

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 suspended0168November 30, 199667% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]0126November 30, 199617% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C086January 31, 2023786% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]022July 31, 202269% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual0271July 31, 19922,627% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C011January 31, 202315% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0270
pH020

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 MN0047261.

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.