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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR IA0000001915500340

SOUTHWEST IOWA RENEWABLE ENERGY, Council Bluffs, IA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

SOUTHWEST IOWA RENEWABLE ENERGY, at 10976 189TH ST, Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “Violation w/in 1 Year”. Pottawattamie County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedSOUTHWEST IOWA RENEWABLE ENERGY
ICIS-AIR IDIA0000001915500340
EPA facility registry ID110030490626
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)Violation w/in 1 Year
Address10976 189TH ST, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
CountyPottawattamie County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251)
SIC code2869
EPA region07

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs SOUTHWEST IOWA RENEWABLE ENERGY is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
May 27, 2025FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 17, 2023FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
January 7, 2021FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 28, 2019FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
August 2, 2017FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
November 24, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateNew Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
March 8, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateNew Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
April 7, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 23, 2022HPV day-zero determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
December 14, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 28, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 23, 2017Earliest FRV determinationStatePrevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

1 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 1 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
August 22, 2022Administrative OrderState$10,000

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 24, 2025Notice of ViolationState
March 8, 2023Notice of ViolationState
April 7, 2022Notice of ViolationState
December 14, 2021Notice of ViolationState
September 28, 2021Notice of ViolationState
February 23, 2017Warning LetterState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 5, 2025PassState
June 4, 2025PassState
June 13, 2024PassState
June 12, 2024PassState
February 8, 2024PassState
August 24, 2023PassState
August 24, 2023PassState
March 22, 2023PassState
September 28, 2022PassState
June 15, 2022PassState
December 17, 2021FailState
October 21, 2021FailState
August 27, 2021PassState
August 4, 2021FailState
June 26, 2019PassState
June 25, 2019PassState
July 26, 2018PassState
July 25, 2018PassState
June 15, 2017PassState
June 15, 2017PassState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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