Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MNG790281
KERN RESIDENCE, Aitkin, MN: NPDES MNG790281 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 34Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KERN RESIDENCE, held by Stephen Frye, holds NPDES permit MNG790281. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2023 and expiring April 30, 2027. 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 | KERN RESIDENCE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Stephen Frye |
| NPDES ID | MNG790281 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2023 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Aitkin, MN 56431 |
| Subwatershed | Ripple River (HUC 070101040205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 34Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Group I Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | 1 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 5,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 1% over the limit |
| Diesel range organics diesel, total, wtr | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 345% over the limit |
| Total Group II Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 112% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Organics, gasoline range | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MNG790281.
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.