Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0059960

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. OF AMERICA, Des Moines, IA: NPDES IA0059960 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. OF AMERICA, held by NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA, holds NPDES permit IA0059960. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2014 and expiring July 31, 2019. 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	NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. OF AMERICA
Permittee as filed	NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA
NPDES ID	IA0059960
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 1, 2014
Expiration date	July 31, 2019
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Des Moines, IA 50317
Subwatershed	Jordan Creek-Raccoon River (HUC 071000061703)
NAICS	221210 – Natural Gas Distribution
SIC	4922 – Natural Gas Transmission
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IAR000513556; ICIS-AIR source IAPLK0001915300330

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

9Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
3With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	29	1	October 31, 2015	183% over the limit
Oil & Grease	29	1	October 31, 2015	207% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]	15	1	October 31, 2015	290% over the limit
pH	28	0
Chloride [as Cl]	14	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	14	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	14	0
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]	14	0
Chlorine, total residual	14	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 IA0059960.

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 NPDES permit IA0059960, held by Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America in Des Moines, IA, which is listed as an effective individual permit classed as a minor discharger, with an issue date of August 1, 2014 and an expiration date of July 31, 2019. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it places the facility in the Jordan Creek-Raccoon River watershed (HUC 071000061703).