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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0032344

OELWEIN CITY OF STP, Oelwein, IA: NPDES IA0032344 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OELWEIN CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF OELWEIN, holds NPDES permit IA0032344. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2021 and expiring May 31, 2026. 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 filedOELWEIN CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF OELWEIN
NPDES IDIA0032344
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 1, 2021
Expiration dateMay 31, 2026
Issuing agencySTA
AddressOelwein, IA 50662
SubwatershedHazleton Creek-Otter Creek (HUC 070801020702)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]482416June 30, 2026286% over the limit
Solids, total suspended9259January 31, 2022477% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1125March 31, 202229% over the limit
E. coli032September 30, 2024122% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4160
pH5110
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia130
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]130
Nitrogen, total [as N]1000
Phosphorus, total [as P]1000
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]500
Cyanide, total [as CN]500

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0032344.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IA0032344 for the OELWEIN CITY OF STP in Oelwein, IA, held by CITY OF OELWEIN, which is listed as Effective and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, 12 under a numeric limit, 4 with an effluent exceedance, and 8 with a violation of any kind.