Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0072214

LAUREL, CITY OF STP, Laurel, IA: NPDES IA0072214 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LAUREL, CITY OF STP, held by City of Laurel, holds NPDES permit IA0072214. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024.

LAUREL, CITY OF STP, Laurel, Iowa: Individual permit IA0072214, held by City of Laurel; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 1, 2019, term to August 31, 2024, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 24 limits, 41 violations of any kind, 39 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 948% over the limit.
E. coli: 3 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 1,681% over the limit.
pH: 5 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2021.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Iowa holds 734 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 466 were issued before IA0072214.

Coverages issued nearest IA0072214

September 1, 2019: FAYETTE CITY OF STP, Fayette, IA0027456, held by CITY OF FAYETTE
September 1, 2019: ALTA VISTA CITY OF STP, Alta Vista, IA0030686, held by CITY OF ALTA VISTA
September 1, 2019: REINBECK, CITY OF STP, Reinbeck, IA0033308, held by CITY OF REINBECK
September 1, 2019: RED OAK CITY OF STP, Red Oak, IA0040266, held by CITY OF RED OAK
September 1, 2019: VAN WERT CITY OF STP, Van Wert, IA0066354, held by CITY OF VAN WERT
September 1, 2019: MACKSBURG, CITY OF STP, Macksburg, IA0079928, held by SOUTHERN IOWA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION
October 1, 2019: COLESBURG CITY OF STP (SOUTHEAST), Colesburg, IA0023604, held by CITY OF COLESBURG
October 1, 2019: FORT MADISON CITY OF STP, Fort Madison, IA0027219, held by CITY OF FORT MADISON
October 1, 2019: OAKLAND CITY OF STP, Oakland, IA0033448, held by CITY OF OAKLAND
October 1, 2019: WHEATLAND CITY OF STP, Wheatland, IA0058912, held by CITY OF WHEATLAND

LAUREL, CITY OF STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Lutes Creek subwatershed (HUC 070802080201), IA0072214 among them. Its county holds 17, 0 of them major permits; IA0072214 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	LAUREL, CITY OF STP
Permittee as filed	City of Laurel
NPDES ID	IA0072214
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 1, 2019
Expiration date	August 31, 2024
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Laurel, IA 50141
Subwatershed	Lutes Creek (HUC 070802080201)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	24	41	39	July 31, 2026	948% over the limit
E. coli	3	2	2	July 31, 2026	1,681% over the limit
pH	5	6	1	September 30, 2021
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	14	0
Solids, total suspended	9	10	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	5	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0072214.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0072214.

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 IA0072214.

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The page covers NPDES permit IA0072214 for LAUREL, CITY OF STP in Laurel, IA, held by City of Laurel, a minor discharger classed as a publicly owned treatment works, with an administratively continued status after its August 31, 2024 expiration. The facts list 7 pollutants on file, 3 of them under a numeric limit, and the Lutes Creek subwatershed (HUC 070802080201) as the receiving watershed.