Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0071234

BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL, Council Bluffs, IA: NPDES IA0071234 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL, held by BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC, holds NPDES permit IA0071234. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.

BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL, Council Bluffs, Iowa: Individual permit IA0071234, held by BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2019, term to June 30, 2024, by STA; Other Warehousing and Storage.

Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2014, largest 560% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2021.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Precipitation volume: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene, toluene, xylene in combination: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC

BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - BETTENDORF TERMINAL, Bettendorf: IA0001198, issued April 1, 2020
BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - DES MOINES TERMINAL, Clive: IA0001228, issued June 1, 2020
BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - CEDAR RAPIDS TERMINAL, North Liberty: IA0072273, issued June 1, 2023
BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - OTTUMWA TERMINAL, Ottumwa: IA0072281, issued December 1, 2012

BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Little Mosquito Creek-Mosquito Creek subwatershed (HUC 102300060407), IA0071234 among them. Its county holds 37, 2 of them major permits; IA0071234 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Mosquito Creek-Mosquito Creek subwatershed (HUC 102300060407)

CHAPTERS COUNCIL BLUFFS OPCO, LLC (DBA CHAPTERS LIVING OF COUNCIL BLUFFS), Council Bluffs: IA0071269, minor permit, permit term to November 30, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC - COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL
Permittee as filed	BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC
NPDES ID	IA0071234
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	July 1, 2019
Expiration date	June 30, 2024
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Little Mosquito Creek-Mosquito Creek (HUC 102300060407)
NAICS	493190 – Other Warehousing and Storage
SIC	4226 – Special Warehousing And Storage
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IAD000688507; ICIS-AIR source IA0000001915500055

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under 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
Oil & Grease	2	4	2	August 31, 2014	560% over the limit
pH	2	1	1	July 31, 2021
Solids, total suspended	3	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	3	0	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	3	0	0
Chlorine, total residual	3	0	0
Precipitation volume	3	0	0
Benzene	1	0	0
Benzene, toluene, xylene in combination	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0071234.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0071234.

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 IA0071234.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0071234 held by BUCKEYE TERMINALS, LLC for the COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL in Council Bluffs, IA, which is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The facts list 9 for the discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024.