Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0079588
POET BIOREFINING - JEWELL, Jewell, IA: NPDES IA0079588 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
POET BIOREFINING - JEWELL holds NPDES permit IA0079588. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. 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 | POET BIOREFINING - JEWELL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | POET BIOREFINING - JEWELL |
| NPDES ID | IA0079588 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Jewell, IA 50130 |
| Subwatershed | Drainage Ditch 71 (HUC 070801050102) |
| NAICS | 325193 – Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IAR000530709; ICIS-AIR source IA0000001907900059 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 66 | 8 | March 31, 2023 | 126% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 172 | 2 | November 30, 2024 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 77 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 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 IA0079588.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.