Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0043176

RUSSELL CITY OF STP, Russell, IA: NPDES IA0043176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

RUSSELL CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF RUSSELL, holds NPDES permit IA0043176. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024.

RUSSELL CITY OF STP, Russell, Iowa: Individual permit IA0043176, held by CITY OF RUSSELL; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2020, term to December 31, 2024, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

pH: 5 limits, 83 violations of any kind, 75 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2025.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 22 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 74% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 29 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 230% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 96 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 91% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 45% over the limit.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2021, largest 326% over the limit.
E. coli: 1 limit, 1 violation 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; 496 were issued before IA0043176.

Coverages issued nearest IA0043176

December 1, 2019: LUXEMBURG, CITY OF-STP, Luxemburg, IA0074781, held by CITY OF LUXEMBURG
January 1, 2020: GRAND MOUND CITY OF STP, Grand Mound, IA0027642, held by CITY OF GRAND MOUND
January 1, 2020: GRINNELL, CITY OF STP, Grinnell, IA0031186, held by CITY OF GRINNELL
January 1, 2020: STEAMBOAT ROCK CITY OF STP, Steamboat Rock, IA0033324, held by CITY OF STEAMBOAT ROCK
January 1, 2020: WINTERSET CITY OF STP, Winterset, IA0034291, held by CITY OF WINTERSET
January 1, 2020: MALVERN CITY OF STP, Malvern, IA0058572, held by CITY OF MALVERN
January 1, 2020: CENTER JUNCTION, CITY OF STP, Center Junction, IA0080357, held by EASTERN IOWA REGIONAL UTILITY SERVICE SYSTEMS
February 1, 2020: CUSHING CITY OF STP, Cushing, IA0023477, held by CITY OF CUSHING
February 1, 2020: ALBURNETT CITY OF STP, Alburnett, IA0024431, held by CITY OF ALBURNETT
February 1, 2020: STANHOPE CITY OF STP, Stanhope, IA0032743, held by CITY OF STANHOPE

RUSSELL CITY OF STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Honey Creek-Chariton River subwatershed (HUC 102802010208), IA0043176 among them. Its county holds 6, 1 of them major permits; IA0043176 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Honey Creek-Chariton River subwatershed (HUC 102802010208)

INDIAN RIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Melrose: IA0083691, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2022

Identity

Facility as filed	RUSSELL CITY OF STP
Permittee as filed	CITY OF RUSSELL
NPDES ID	IA0043176
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	January 1, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2024
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Russell, IA 50238
Subwatershed	Honey Creek-Chariton River (HUC 102802010208)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
7With 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
pH	5	83	75	August 31, 2025
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	22	16	July 31, 2025	74% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	9	29	13	June 30, 2026	230% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	96	17	9	March 31, 2026	91% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	23	7	June 30, 2026	45% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	14	2	September 30, 2021	326% over the limit
E. coli	1	1	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 IA0043176.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0043176.

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 IA0043176.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0043176 for RUSSELL CITY OF STP in Russell, IA, held by CITY OF RUSSELL, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger, with an individual permit that is administratively continued. The facts list 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's issue and expiration dates are January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2024.