Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0042803

WELLSBURG CITY OF STP, Wellsburg, IA: NPDES IA0042803 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WELLSBURG CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF WELLSBURG, holds NPDES permit IA0042803. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022.

WELLSBURG CITY OF STP, Wellsburg, Iowa: Individual permit IA0042803, held by CITY OF WELLSBURG; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 1, 2017, term to November 30, 2022, by STA.

Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 0 limits, 41 violations of any kind, 41 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2012, largest 58,001% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 216 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 561% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 31 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2024, largest 20,166% over the limit.
pH: 5 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2016.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 13 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2021, largest 18% over the limit.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2013, largest 30% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 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; 294 were issued before IA0042803.

Coverages issued nearest IA0042803

November 1, 2017: GRAND RIVER CITY OF STP, Grand River, IA0066346, held by CITY OF GRAND RIVER
November 1, 2017: PALMER, CITY OF STP, Palmer, IA0079308, held by CITY OF PALMER
November 1, 2017: PROMISE CITY, CITY OF STP, Promise City, IA0082007, held by CITY OF PROMISE CITY
December 1, 2017: RINARD CITY OF STP, Rinard, IA0033715, held by CITY OF RINARD
December 1, 2017: ST DONATUS CITY OF STP, Saint Donatus, IA0040304, held by CITY OF ST. DONATUS
December 1, 2017: HAMBURG CITY OF STP, Hamburg, IA0048321, held by CITY OF HAMBURG
December 1, 2017: HARVEY CITY OF STP, Harvey, IA0072338, held by CITY OF HARVEY
January 1, 2018: HOLSTEIN CITY OF STP, Holstein, IA0021954, held by CITY OF HOLSTEIN
January 1, 2018: JEWELL CITY OF STP, Jewell, IA0024422, held by CITY OF JEWELL
January 1, 2018: COGGON CITY OF STP, Coggon, IA0024473, held by CITY OF COGGON

WELLSBURG CITY OF STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Headwaters South Beaver Creek subwatershed (HUC 070802050102), IA0042803 among them. Its county holds 8, 1 of them major permits; IA0042803 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Headwaters South Beaver Creek subwatershed (HUC 070802050102)

PLCP, L.P., Steamboat Rock: IA0079138, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	WELLSBURG CITY OF STP
Permittee as filed	CITY OF WELLSBURG
NPDES ID	IA0042803
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	December 1, 2017
Expiration date	November 30, 2022
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Wellsburg, IA 50680
Subwatershed	Headwaters South Beaver Creek (HUC 070802050102)

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	41	41	June 30, 2012	58,001% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	216	33	21	March 31, 2026	561% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	31	9	May 31, 2024	20,166% over the limit
pH	5	12	6	April 30, 2016
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	13	3	August 31, 2021	18% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	10	2	June 30, 2013	30% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	9	10	0
E. coli	0	4	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0042803.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0042803.

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 IA0042803.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0042803 for the WELLSBURG CITY OF STP in Wellsburg, IA, held by CITY OF WELLSBURG, which is administratively continued past its November 30, 2022 expiration date and was issued December 1, 2017. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, 8 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.