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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0069175

GARDEN GROVE CITY OF STP, Garden Grove, IA: NPDES IA0069175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GARDEN GROVE CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF GARDEN GROVE, holds NPDES permit IA0069175. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2011 and expiring May 31, 2016. 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 filedGARDEN GROVE CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF GARDEN GROVE
NPDES IDIA0069175
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 1, 2011
Expiration dateMay 31, 2016
Issuing agencySTA
AddressGarden Grove, IA 50103
SubwatershedWeldon Creek-Weldon River (HUC 102801020802)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
pH21412May 31, 2017
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]273May 31, 2019112% over the limit
Solids, total suspended251September 30, 201410% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]300
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 IA0069175.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0069175.

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 IA0069175.

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 the NPDES IA0069175 Clean Water Act discharge permit for GARDEN GROVE CITY OF STP in Garden Grove, IA, held by CITY OF GARDEN GROVE, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and places the facility in the Weldon Creek-Weldon River subwatershed (HUC 102801020802).