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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0054844

DNR RATHBUN FISH HATCHERY, Moravia, IA: NPDES IA0054844 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DNR RATHBUN FISH HATCHERY, held by IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, holds NPDES permit IA0054844. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 filedDNR RATHBUN FISH HATCHERY
Permittee as filedIOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NPDES IDIA0054844
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 1, 2013
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2017
Issuing agencySTA
AddressMoravia, IA 52571
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSnyder Branch-Chariton River (HUC 102802010404)
NAICS112511 – Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries
SIC0921 – Fish Hatcheries And Preserves

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH297June 30, 2025
Solids, total suspended220
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]220
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]500
E. coli300
Depth of pond or reservoir in feet300

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0054844.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit IA0054844, held by IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES for DNR RATHBUN FISH HATCHERY in Moravia, IA, with a status of administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class of 6. The permit lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, and it sits within the Snyder Branch-Chariton River subwatershed, HUC 102802010404.