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Minnesota NPDES Permits

NPDES Petitions for Program Withdrawal in Minnesota

In Minnesota, EPA issues all NPDES permits on tribal lands. See the table below for final and draft permits issued by EPA. All other permits are currently issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

For state-issued permits, visit Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Wastewater Permits.Exit


Final and draft permits

The table below contains all final (i.e. active) and draft (i.e. proposed) NPDES permits issued by EPA within Minnesota. It includes permits for individual facilities, general permits, and stormwater permits. Click on the facility/permit name to view the permit and supporting documents.

Minnesota NPDES Permits
Location Facility or Permit Name Permit Number Permit Type Permit Status Effective Date
Bejou (White Earth Indian Reservation) City of Bejou WWTF MN-0064688-5 Individual Public Notice  
Ogema (White Earth Indian Reservation) City of Ogema WWTF MN-0049794-5 Individual Public Notice  
Callaway (White Earth Indian Reservation) City of Callaway WWTF MN-0022985-5 Individual Public Notice  
Prior Lake (Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community) Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community small MS4  MN-0067423-3 Individual Public Notice  
City of Waubun (within White Earth Indian Reservation) Waubun Wastewater Treatment Facility MN-0022110-4 Individual Public Notice  
Onamia (Mille Lacs Indian Reservation) ML Wastewater Management, Inc. MN-0064637-4 Individual Final 9/19/19
Upper Sioux Community (Upper Sioux Indian Reservation)

USC Wastewater Treatment System

MN0075001 Individual Final 12/01/2017
East Lake/McGregor (Mille Lacs Indian Reservation) Mille Lacs - East Lake Sewage Lagoon MN0058611 Individual Final 06/07/2016
Welch (Prairie Island Indian Reservation) Prairie Island Indian Community Wastewater Treatment Facility MN0061336 Individual Final 07/25/2016
Grand Portage (Grand Portage Indian Reservation) Grand Portage Wastewater Sewage Lagoon MN0025887 Individual Final 07/24/2017
Callaway Township (on White Earth Indian Reservation) City of Callaway WWTF MN0022985 Individual Final 07/27/2015
Morton (Lower Sioux Indian Community) Lower Sioux Indian Community MN-0061433-6 Individual Final 10/28/2019
White Earth Township (within White Earth Indian Reservation) Ogema WWTP MN0049794 Individual Final 09/29/2015
Bejou Township (within White Earth Indian Reservation) City of Bejou WWTP MN0064688 Individual Final 10/09/2015
Prior Lake (Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) for Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community MN0067423 General Permit Final 12/02/2014
Nett Lake (Bois Forte Indian Reservation) Nett Lake Wastewater Stabilization Lagoon MN0059447-5 Individual Final 09/25/2018
Tower (Lake Vermilion Sector of the Bois Forte Indian Reservation) Bois Forte Lake Vermilion Wastewater Treatment Ponds MN-0061310-5 Individual Final 09/14/2018
City of Mahnomen (within White Earth Indian Reservation) Mahnomen Wastewater Treatment Facility MN0024066-5 Individual Public Notice  
Prior Lake (Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community) SMSC Water Reclamation Facility MN0067938 Individual Final 4/20/2018
Big Rice Lake (White Earth Indian Reservation) Big Rice Lake Wastewater Lagoon MN0068438-3 Individual Public Notice  
White Earth (White Earth Indian Reservation) White Earth Wastewater Stabilization Lagoon No. 2 MN0064173-4 Individual Public Notice  
Nay-Tah-Waush (White Earth Indian Reservation) Nay-Tah-Waush Wastewater Stabilization Lagoon MN0064165-4 Individual Public Notice  
Ponsford (White Earth Indian Reservation) Ponsford Wastewater Stabilization Lagoon MN0059439-5 Individual Public Notice  
Chippewa Ranch Community (White Earth Indian Reservation) Chippewa Ranch Wastewater Stabilization Lagoon  MN0059404-5 Individual Public Notice  
Cass and Itasca Counties (Leech Lake Indian Reservation)
Carlton and St. Louis Counties (Fond du Lac Indian Reservation)
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership MN-0052540-5 Individual Final 06/24/2019