Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0075906

FAIRFIELD BUSINESS & IT PARK, Fairfield, IA: NPDES IA0075906 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FAIRFIELD BUSINESS & IT PARK, held by MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, holds NPDES permit IA0075906. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	FAIRFIELD BUSINESS & IT PARK
Permittee as filed	MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
NPDES ID	IA0075906
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	January 1, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2024
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Fairfield, IA 52556
Subwatershed	Brush Creek (HUC 070801070803)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
6With 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	55	53	September 30, 2011	22,400% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	48	7	7	August 31, 2024	294% over the limit
pH	2	10	5	February 28, 2005
Solids, total suspended	9	42	2	July 31, 2006	1,600% over the limit
E. coli	1	2	2	March 31, 2026	61% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	4	1	July 31, 2026	82% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	26	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	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 IA0075906.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0075906.

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 IA0075906.

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 September 15, 2026.

The public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0075906 for the Fairfield Business & IT Park in Fairfield, IA, held by Maharishi International University and administratively continued past its December 31, 2024 expiration date. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.