Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0076856

BERNARD, CITY OF-STP, Bernard, IA: NPDES IA0076856 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BERNARD, CITY OF-STP, held by CITY OF BERNARD, holds NPDES permit IA0076856. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2013 and expiring April 30, 2018.

BERNARD, CITY OF-STP, Bernard, Iowa: Individual permit IA0076856, held by CITY OF BERNARD; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 1, 2013, term to April 30, 2018, by STA.

BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 71 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 2010, largest 24% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 73 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 70 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; 78 were issued before IA0076856.

Coverages issued nearest IA0076856

August 1, 2012: ARCADIA CITY OF STP, Arcadia, IA0031208, held by CITY OF ARCADIA
November 1, 2012: EMERSON CITY OF STP, Emerson, IA0024562, held by CITY OF EMERSON
December 1, 2012: CLARION, CITY OF STP, Clarion, IA0030945, held by CITY OF CLARION
December 1, 2012: MILLERSBURG CITY OF (POWESHIEK WATER ASSN), North English, IA0077283, held by POWESHIEK WATER ASSOCIATION
February 1, 2013: MARTENSDALE CITY OF STP, Martensdale, IA0031836, held by CITY OF MARTENSDALE
October 1, 2013: ST. ANTHONY CITY OF (IRUA), Saint Anthony, IA0077291, held by IOWA REGIONAL UTILITIES ASSOCIATION
December 1, 2013: ELDRIDGE CITY OF STP (BUTTRMLK), Eldridge, IA0021318, held by CITY OF ELDRIDGE
December 1, 2013: LYNNVILLE CITY OF STP, Lynnville, IA0041971, held by CITY OF LYNNVILLE
January 1, 2014: STORY CITY CITY OF STP, Story City, IA0035882, held by CITY OF STORY CITY
February 1, 2014: GRUNDY CENTER CITY OF STP, Grundy Center, IA0024511, held by CITY OF GRUNDY CENTER

BERNARD, CITY OF-STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Prairie Creek-Lytle Creek subwatershed (HUC 070600060701), IA0076856 among them. Its county holds 57, 3 of them major permits; IA0076856 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	BERNARD, CITY OF-STP
Permittee as filed	CITY OF BERNARD
NPDES ID	IA0076856
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	May 1, 2013
Expiration date	April 30, 2018
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Bernard, IA 52032
Subwatershed	Prairie Creek-Lytle Creek (HUC 070600060701)

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
1With 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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	2	71	1	May 31, 2010	24% over the limit
pH	2	73	0
Solids, total suspended	2	70	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 IA0076856.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0076856.

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 IA0076856.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IA0076856, held by CITY OF BERNARD for the BERNARD, CITY OF-STP facility in Bernard, IA, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a Minor discharger class of 6. The page lists 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.