Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0074781

LUXEMBURG, CITY OF-STP, Luxemburg, IA: NPDES IA0074781 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LUXEMBURG, CITY OF-STP, held by CITY OF LUXEMBURG, holds NPDES permit IA0074781. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024.

LUXEMBURG, CITY OF-STP, Luxemburg, Iowa: Individual permit IA0074781, held by CITY OF LUXEMBURG; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 1, 2019, term to November 30, 2024, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 0 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 30 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2008, largest 398% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2022.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 44% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chloride [as Cl]: 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Depth of pond or reservoir in feet: 3 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; 491 were issued before IA0074781.

Coverages issued nearest IA0074781

November 1, 2019: CLEARFIELD CITY OF STP, Clearfield, IA0070980, held by CITY OF CLEARFIELD
December 1, 2019: WILTON CITY OF STP, Wilton, IA0032921, held by CITY OF WILTON
December 1, 2019: ALBION CITY OF STP, Albion, IA0034321, held by CITY OF ALBION
December 1, 2019: STRAWBERRY POINT CITY OF STP, Strawberry Point, IA0042757, held by CITY OF STRAWBERRY POINT
December 1, 2019: WALCOTT CITY OF STP (SOUTH), Walcott, IA0061891, held by CITY OF WALCOTT
January 1, 2020: GRAND MOUND CITY OF STP, Grand Mound, IA0027642, held by CITY OF GRAND MOUND
January 1, 2020: GRINNELL, CITY OF STP, Grinnell, IA0031186, held by CITY OF GRINNELL
January 1, 2020: STEAMBOAT ROCK CITY OF STP, Steamboat Rock, IA0033324, held by CITY OF STEAMBOAT ROCK
January 1, 2020: WINTERSET CITY OF STP, Winterset, IA0034291, held by CITY OF WINTERSET
January 1, 2020: RUSSELL CITY OF STP, Russell, IA0043176, held by CITY OF RUSSELL

LUXEMBURG, CITY OF-STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Coffee Creek-North Fork Maquoketa River subwatershed (HUC 070600060603), IA0074781 among them. Its county holds 57, 3 of them major permits; IA0074781 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Coffee Creek-North Fork Maquoketa River subwatershed (HUC 070600060603)

CITY OF DYERSVILLE, Dyersville: IAL023345, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
HOLY CROSS CITY OF STP, Holy Cross: IA0025992, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	LUXEMBURG, CITY OF-STP
Permittee as filed	CITY OF LUXEMBURG
NPDES ID	IA0074781
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	December 1, 2019
Expiration date	November 30, 2024
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Luxemburg, IA 52056
Subwatershed	Coffee Creek-North Fork Maquoketa River (HUC 070600060603)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
5With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	30	30	September 30, 2008	398% over the limit
pH	2	9	5	May 31, 2022
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	5	10	2	May 31, 2026	44% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	5	6	0
Chloride [as Cl]	0	6	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	5	0	0
E. coli	3	0	0
Depth of pond or reservoir in feet	3	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0074781.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0074781.

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 IA0074781.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0074781, held by CITY OF LUXEMBURG for the LUXEMBURG, CITY OF-STP facility in Luxemburg, IA, and lists the permit as administratively continued. The page shows 6 for the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 1, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024.