Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0075442

FESTINA-WINNESHIEK COUNTY-STP, Festina, IA: NPDES IA0075442 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FESTINA-WINNESHIEK COUNTY-STP, held by WINNESHIEK COUNTY, holds NPDES permit IA0075442. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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	FESTINA-WINNESHIEK COUNTY-STP
Permittee as filed	WINNESHIEK COUNTY
NPDES ID	IA0075442
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
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 1, 2016
Expiration date	October 31, 2021
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Festina, IA 52144
Subwatershed	Brockamp Creek-Turkey River (HUC 070600040309)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – 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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
4With 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
Solids, total suspended	9	5	3	December 31, 2021	73% over the limit
pH	2	4	1	July 31, 2020
Chloride [as Cl]	5	6	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	2	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	0	0

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 IA0075442.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0075442.

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 IA0075442.

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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FESTINA-WINNESHIEK COUNTY-STP, Festina, Iowa: Individual permit IA0075442, held by WINNESHIEK COUNTY; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 1, 2016, term to October 31, 2021, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2021, largest 73% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2020.
Chloride [as Cl]: 5 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Iowa holds 734 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 162 were issued before IA0075442.

Coverages issued nearest IA0075442

November 1, 2016: WYOMING, CITY OF STP, Wyoming, IA0032646, held by City of Wyoming
November 1, 2016: FAIRBANK CITY OF STP, Fairbank, IA0035041, held by CITY OF FAIRBANK
November 1, 2016: MASSENA CITY OF STP, Massena, IA0048348, held by CITY OF MASSENA
November 1, 2016: BAYARD CITY OF STP, Bayard, IA0061468, held by CITY OF BAYARD
November 1, 2016: DEWAR SANITARY DISTRICT STP, Dewar, IA0063908, held by DEWAR SANITARY DISTRICT
December 1, 2016: MECHANICSVILLE CITY OF STP, Mechanicsville, IA0022314, held by CITY OF MECHANICSVILLE
December 1, 2016: DEWITT CITY OF STP, De Witt, IA0035271, held by CITY OF DEWITT
December 1, 2016: DELHI CITY OF STP, Delhi, IA0047848, held by CITY OF DELHI
December 1, 2016: AUBURN CITY OF STP, Auburn, IA0057029, held by CITY OF AUBURN
December 1, 2016: WOOLSTOCK CITY OF STP, Woolstock, IA0061310, held by CITY OF WOOLSTOCK

FESTINA-WINNESHIEK COUNTY-STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Brockamp Creek-Turkey River subwatershed (HUC 070600040309), IA0075442 among them. Its county holds 12, 1 of them major permits; IA0075442 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Brockamp Creek-Turkey River subwatershed (HUC 070600040309)

CALMAR CITY OF STP, Calmar: IA0023515, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2025
ST. LUCAS CITY OF STP, Saint Lucas: IA0074705, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2023

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0075442 for FESTINA-WINNESHIEK COUNTY-STP in Festina, IA, held by WINNESHIEK COUNTY, which lists an administratively continued status and a minor discharger class. The page reports 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.