Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0061972
GERDAU, Wilton, IA: NPDES IA0061972 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GERDAU holds NPDES permit IA0061972. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 | GERDAU |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GERDAU |
| NPDES ID | IA0061972 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Wilton, IA 52778 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Mud Creek (HUC 070802060503) |
| NAICS | 331111 – Iron and Steel Mills [2007] |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IAD000223354; ICIS-AIR source IA0000001913900036 |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 24 | 20 | May 31, 2023 | 225% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 19 | 19 | May 31, 2026 | 516% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 19 | 19 | December 31, 2025 | 210% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 12 | 8 | April 30, 2024 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 8 | 4 | July 31, 2013 | 304% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2008 | 36% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 4 | 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 IA0061972.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.