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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0033731

SIOUX CENTER CITY OF STP, Sioux Center, IA: NPDES IA0033731 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SIOUX CENTER CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF SIOUX CENTER, holds NPDES permit IA0033731. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2021 and expiring February 28, 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 filedSIOUX CENTER CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF SIOUX CENTER
NPDES IDIA0033731
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 1, 2021
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2026
Issuing agencySTA
AddressSioux Center, IA 51250
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
Copper, total [as Cu]4155June 30, 202256% over the limit
Solids, total suspended9144February 28, 201828% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]433April 30, 202626% over the limit
Chromium, total [as Cr]471November 30, 2025106% over the limit
pH561December 31, 2021
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]151March 31, 202626% over the limit
Selenium, total [as Se]411April 30, 202611% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4840
Cyanide, total [as CN]440
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia120
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]120
Nitrogen, total [as N]1000
Phosphorus, total [as P]1000
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]500
Cadmium, total [as Cd]400
E. coli100

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 IA0033731.

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 the NPDES discharge permit IA0033731 for SIOUX CENTER CITY OF STP in Sioux Center, IA, held by CITY OF SIOUX CENTER, with a status of administratively continued and a major discharger classification. The facts list 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, based on EPA's permit file as loaded on October 14, 2026.