Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0059161

AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT, Amana, IA: NPDES IA0059161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT holds NPDES permit IA0059161. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2011 and expiring April 30, 2016.

AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT, Amana, Iowa: Individual permit IA0059161; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 1, 2011, term to April 30, 2016, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2007, largest 11% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2006, largest 48% over the limit.

Iowa holds 734 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 51 were issued before IA0059161.

Coverages issued nearest IA0059161

September 1, 2010: FAIRVIEW, COMMUNITY OF, Anamosa, IA0082929, held by EASTERN IOWA REGIONAL UTILITY SERVICES SYSTEM
January 1, 2011: MYSTIC CITY OF STP, Mystic, IA0071064, held by CITY OF MYSTIC
February 1, 2011: OAKVILLE CITY OF STP, Oakville, IA0073601, held by CITY OF OAKVILLE
February 1, 2011: LEISURE LAKE, COMMUNITY OF, Bernard, IA0079766, held by EASTERN IOWA REGIONAL UTILITY SERVICES SYSTEM
March 1, 2011: BATAVIA CITY OF STP, Batavia, IA0061778, held by CITY OF BATAVIA
May 1, 2011: KAMRAR CITY OF STP, Kamrar, IA0069124, held by CITY OF KAMRAR
May 1, 2011: FENTON CITY OF STP, Fenton, IA0081396, held by CITY OF FENTON
May 1, 2011: LU VERNE, CITY OF STP, Lu Verne, IA0082571, held by IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER
June 1, 2011: THOMPSON CITY OF STP, Thompson, IA0068683, held by CITY OF THOMPSON
June 1, 2011: GARDEN GROVE CITY OF STP, Garden Grove, IA0069175, held by CITY OF GARDEN GROVE

AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Mill Race-Iowa River subwatershed (HUC 070802081003), IA0059161 among them. Its county holds 26, 1 of them major permits; IA0059161 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Mill Race-Iowa River subwatershed (HUC 070802081003)

AMANA FARMS, INC., Amana: IA0077500, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2025
HOMESTEAD SANITARY DISTRICT, Homestead: IA0023591, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2027
IOWA COUNTY WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Amana: IA0080969, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2024
MARENGO CITY OF STP, Marengo: IA0047937, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2026
WEST/HIGH AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT, Amana: IA0077372, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2026
WHIRLPOOL CORP - AMANA APPLIANCE DIVISION, Amana: IA0000744, major permit, permit term to March 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT
Permittee as filed	AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT
NPDES ID	IA0059161
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	May 1, 2011
Expiration date	April 30, 2016
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Amana, IA 52203
Subwatershed	Mill Race-Iowa River (HUC 070802081003)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

2Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
2With a violation of any kind
2With 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	0	1	1	September 30, 2007	11% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	1	1	December 31, 2006	48% over the limit

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0059161.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0059161.

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 IA0059161.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit IA0059161, held by AMANA SANITARY DISTRICT in Amana, IA, and lists its permit status as Administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class. The page reports 2 pollutants on file, 0 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance, within the Mill Race-Iowa River watershed (HUC 070802081003).