Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0078760

BUFFALO, CITY OF MS4, Buffalo, IA: NPDES IA0078760 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

BUFFALO, CITY OF MS4, held by BUFFALO, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IA0078760. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019. 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.

What the register holds for BUFFALO, CITY OF MS4: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Buffalo, Iowa. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES IA0078760.

Identity

Facility as filed	BUFFALO, CITY OF MS4
Permittee as filed	BUFFALO, CITY OF
NPDES ID	IA0078760
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	September 1, 2014
Expiration date	August 31, 2019
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Buffalo, IA 52728
Subwatershed	Coal Creek-Mississippi River (HUC 070801010603)
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

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES IA0078760.

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 IA0078760.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0078760.

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 IA0078760.

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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BUFFALO, CITY OF MS4, Buffalo, Iowa: Individual permit IA0078760, held by BUFFALO, CITY OF; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 1, 2014, term to August 31, 2019, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

BUFFALO, CITY OF MS4 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 10 discharge permits in the Coal Creek-Mississippi River subwatershed (HUC 070801010603), IA0078760 among them. Its county holds 40, 5 of them major permits; IA0078760 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Coal Creek-Mississippi River subwatershed (HUC 070801010603)

ANDALUSIA FIRE STATION, Andalusia: ILR10ZERA, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
BLUE GRASS CITY OF STP, Blue Grass: IA0028975, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2020
BUFFALO, CITY OF STP, Buffalo: IA0020800, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2023
CAMP ABE LINCOLN, Blue Grass: IA0067059, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2022
HIDDEN LAKE CAMPGROUND, Taylor Ridge: ILR10ZDB9, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2028
ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER ANDALUSIA STP, Andalusia: IL0021202, minor permit, discharging to MISSISSIPPI RIVER, permit term to February 28, 2023
RIVERVIEW SUBDIVISION, Muscatine: IA0077453, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
SNOWSTAR CORPORATION SKI LODGE STP, Andalusia: IL0062839, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF COAL CREEK, permit term to November 30, 2021
SSAB IOWA INC., Muscatine: IA0074101, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2024

Nearby on the register

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

Of the 26 individual permits in Scott County, 26.9% were issued earlier than this permit. BUFFALO, CITY OF MS4 is among 6 NPDES permits in the Coal Creek-Mississippi River subwatershed. Violations are on file for 73.1% of the 26 individual permits in Scott County.