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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0034231

ELK RUN HEIGHTS CITY OF STP, Elk Run Heights, IA: NPDES IA0034231 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ELK RUN HEIGHTS CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF ELK RUN HEIGHTS, holds NPDES permit IA0034231. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. 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 filedELK RUN HEIGHTS CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF ELK RUN HEIGHTS
NPDES IDIA0034231
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 1, 2018
Expiration dateApril 30, 2023
Issuing agencySTA
AddressElk Run Heights, IA 50707
SubwatershedElk Run (HUC 070802050901)
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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant05143July 31, 2017108,147% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]483612October 31, 2023598% over the limit
pH5124April 30, 2026
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4262March 31, 202660% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]222June 30, 2020207% over the limit
Solids, total suspended9320
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]500
Phosphorus, total [as P]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 IA0034231.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0034231.

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 IA0034231.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0034231 for the ELK RUN HEIGHTS CITY OF STP in Elk Run Heights, IA, held by the CITY OF ELK RUN HEIGHTS, with an administratively continued status and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it shows 9 effluent limits and exceedances.