Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0044849
FORT DODGE CITY OF STP, Fort Dodge, IA: NPDES IA0044849 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
FORT DODGE CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF FORT DODGE, holds NPDES permit IA0044849. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 filed | FORT DODGE CITY OF STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF FORT DODGE |
| NPDES ID | IA0044849 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Fort Dodge, IA 50501 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Gypsum Creek-Des Moines River (HUC 071000040604) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IAD080308406; ICIS-AIR source IA0000001918700204 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 22 | 14 | April 30, 2021 | 35% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 17 | 13 | April 30, 2008 | 1,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 48 | 10 | 6 | October 31, 2004 | 137% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 15 | 3 | November 30, 2002 | 198% over the limit |
| pH | 5 | 7 | 1 | April 30, 2015 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 0 | 1 | 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, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 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 IA0044849.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0044849.
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 IA0044849.
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.