Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0071579
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY-BLANKET PERMIT, Des Moines, IA: NPDES IA0071579 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY-BLANKET PERMIT, held by MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY, holds NPDES permit IA0071579. 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 | MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY-BLANKET PERMIT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | IA0071579 |
| 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 50303 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Duck Creek (HUC 070801010301) |
| NAICS | 486210 – Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
| SIC | 4923 – Gas Transmission And Distribution |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IA0071579.
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 IA0071579.
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.