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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0066028

DNR PILOT KNOB STATE PARK, Forest City, IA: NPDES IA0066028 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DNR PILOT KNOB STATE PARK, held by IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, holds NPDES permit IA0066028. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 PILOT KNOB STATE PARK
Permittee as filedIOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NPDES IDIA0066028
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 1, 2020
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2025
Issuing agencySTA
AddressForest City, IA 50436
SubwatershedBeaver Creek (HUC 070802030108)
NAICS721211 – Rv [Recreational Vehicle] Parks and Campgrounds
SIC7033 – Trailer Parks And Campsites

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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]7202October 31, 2025252% over the limit
pH2191April 30, 2020
Solids, total suspended7180
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant030
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]500
Chloride [as Cl]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 IA0066028.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit IA0066028, held by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for DNR PILOT KNOB STATE PARK in Forest City, IA, with the permit status listed as Effective and the discharger class as Minor. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, 2 with an effluent exceedance, and 4 with a violation of any kind, and it gives the issue date of March 1, 2020 and the expiration date of February 28, 2025 as they stood when the record was loaded.