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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0078433

DNR PLEASANT CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA, Palo, IA: NPDES IA0078433 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DNR PLEASANT CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA, held by Iowa Department of Natural Resources, holds NPDES permit IA0078433. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2009 and expiring May 13, 2014. 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 filedDNR PLEASANT CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA
Permittee as filedIowa Department of Natural Resources
NPDES IDIA0078433
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 14, 2009
Expiration dateMay 13, 2014
Issuing agencySTA
AddressPalo, IA 52324
SubwatershedNelson Creek-Cedar River (HUC 070802051504)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2173May 31, 2025248% over the limit
pH2153December 31, 2016
Solids, total suspended2140
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]500
E. coli300
Depth of pond or reservoir in feet300

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0078433.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0078433, held by Iowa Department of Natural Resources for DNR PLEASANT CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA in Palo, IA, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The permit was issued May 14, 2009 and expired May 13, 2014, and the page lists 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.