Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0031216
CHURDAN CITY OF STP, Churdan, IA: NPDES IA0031216 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
CHURDAN CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF CHURDAN, holds NPDES permit IA0031216. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2024.
CHURDAN CITY OF STP, Churdan, Iowa: Individual permit IA0031216, held by CITY OF CHURDAN; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 1, 2019, term to January 31, 2024, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2024, largest 308% over the limit.
- pH: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026.
- Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2021, largest 128% over the limit.
- Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 5 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- E. coli: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Depth of pond or reservoir in feet: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iowa holds 734 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 412 were issued before IA0031216.
Coverages issued nearest IA0031216
- January 1, 2019: APLINGTON CITY OF STP, Aplington, IA0035050, held by CITY OF APLINGTON
- January 1, 2019: HORNICK CITY OF STP, Hornick, IA0036501, held by CITY OF HORNICK
- January 1, 2019: MURRAY CITY OF STP, Murray, IA0063304
- February 1, 2019: HARLAN CITY OF STP, Harlan, IA0021342, held by CITY OF HARLAN
- February 1, 2019: COON RAPIDS CITY OF STP, Coon Rapids, IA0028983, held by CITY OF COON RAPIDS
- February 1, 2019: WEST LIBERTY CITY OF STP, West Liberty, IA0031691, held by CITY OF WEST LIBERTY
- February 1, 2019: TROY MILLS SANITARY DISTRICT, Troy Mills, IA0041262
- February 1, 2019: WELTON CITY OF STP, Welton, IA0071196, held by CITY OF WELTON
- February 1, 2019: FORT ATKINSON CITY OF STP, Fort Atkinson, IA0072176, held by CITY OF FORT ATKINSON
- February 1, 2019: DERBY CITY OF STP, Derby, IA0080322, held by CITY OF DERBY
CHURDAN CITY OF STP among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Happy Run-Hardin Creek subwatershed (HUC 071000061002), IA0031216 among them. Its county holds 9, 1 of them major permits; IA0031216 is a minor permit.
Other permits in the Happy Run-Hardin Creek subwatershed (HUC 071000061002)
- FARNHAMVILLE CITY OF STP, Farnhamville: IA0028967, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2023
Identity
| Facility as filed | CHURDAN CITY OF STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF CHURDAN |
| NPDES ID | IA0031216 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Churdan, IA 50050 |
| Subwatershed | Happy Run-Hardin Creek (HUC 071000061002) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 17 | 8 | November 30, 2024 | 308% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 14 | 2 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 12 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 128% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Depth of pond or reservoir in feet | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0031216.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0031216.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IA0031216.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.