Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0000744
WHIRLPOOL CORP - AMANA APPLIANCE DIVISION, Amana, IA: NPDES IA0000744 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHIRLPOOL CORP - AMANA APPLIANCE DIVISION, held by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit IA0000744. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WHIRLPOOL CORP - AMANA APPLIANCE DIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | IA0000744 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Amana, IA 52204 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Mill Race-Iowa River (HUC 070802081003) |
| NAICS | 335222 – Household Refrigerator and Home Freezer Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3632 – Household Refrigerators And Freezers |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IAD000610436; ICIS-AIR source IA0000001909500005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 9 | 48 | 39 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 12 | 28 | 28 | March 31, 2026 | 70% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 13 | 36 | 22 | July 31, 2025 | 1,869% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 28 | 20 | April 30, 2026 | 1,199% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 16 | 8 | January 31, 2021 | 261% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 10 | 8 | August 31, 2014 | 51% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2025 | 614% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 12 | 5 | July 31, 2026 | 100% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 12 | 4 | June 30, 2003 | 723% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 8 | 4 | November 30, 2003 | 69% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 2022 | 319% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 48 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2022 | 242% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2025 | 93% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 9 | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 36% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 1 | February 28, 2002 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 7 | 1 | January 31, 2009 | 8% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, toluene, xylene in combination | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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 IA0000744.
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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