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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0035211

AKRON CITY OF STP, Akron, IA: NPDES IA0035211 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AKRON CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF AKRON, holds NPDES permit IA0035211. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 filedAKRON CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF AKRON
NPDES IDIA0035211
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
IssuedJune 1, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
Issuing agencySTA
AddressAkron, IA 51001
SubwatershedRichland Creek-Big Sioux River (HUC 101702032504)
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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]544May 31, 201380% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant044October 31, 2007322% over the limit
pH533April 30, 2024
E. coli333November 30, 20241,824% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]24000
Solids, total suspended1000
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]500
Depth of pond or reservoir in feet300

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 IA0035211.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0035211 for AKRON CITY OF STP in Akron, IA, held by CITY OF AKRON, which is listed as administratively continued and past its May 31, 2022 expiration date. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.