Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0043079

BURLINGTON CITY OF STP, Burlington, IA: NPDES IA0043079 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MajorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BURLINGTON CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF BURLINGTON, holds NPDES permit IA0043079. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2022 and expiring January 31, 2027. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	BURLINGTON CITY OF STP
Permittee as filed	CITY OF BURLINGTON
NPDES ID	IA0043079
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 1, 2022
Expiration date	January 31, 2027
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Burlington, IA 52601
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Dry Branch-Mississippi River (HUC 070801041502)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IAD981726870

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Solids, total suspended	9	16	6	March 31, 2025	233% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	8	16	6	July 31, 2023	61% over the limit
E. coli	1	6	5	July 31, 2024	264% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	10	0
pH	5	9	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	2	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	1	2	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	10	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	10	0	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	5	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	5	0	0

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0043079.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0043079 for BURLINGTON CITY OF STP in Burlington, IA, held by CITY OF BURLINGTON, with a status of Effective and a major discharger class. The permit lists 12 pollutants on file, 7 of them under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.