Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0046752

NUSTAR COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL, Council Bluffs, IA: NPDES IA0046752 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NUSTAR COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL, held by NUSTAR PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P., holds NPDES permit IA0046752. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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	NUSTAR COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL
Permittee as filed	NUSTAR PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.
NPDES ID	IA0046752
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 1, 2019
Expiration date	October 31, 2024
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Subwatershed	Lake Manawa-Missouri River (HUC 102300060602)
NAICS	486910 – Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products
SIC	4613 – Refined Petroleum Pipelines

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

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
10With 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
Solids, total suspended	4	20	16	July 31, 2026	247% over the limit
Benzene	5	25	10	October 31, 2020	1,259,900% over the limit
pH	4	14	8	October 31, 2020
Oil & Grease	4	12	6	September 30, 2020	80% over the limit
Benzene, toluene, xylene in combination	1	16	2	November 30, 2019	495,900% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	6	6	0
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]	7	4	0
Toluene	4	4	0
Ethylbenzene	4	4	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	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 IA0046752.

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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the NPDES IA0046752 Clean Water Act discharge permit held by NUSTAR PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P. for the NUSTAR COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL in Council Bluffs, IA, listed as an effective Minor discharger permit. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.