Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0083305

SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY DISTRICT, Storm Lake, IA: NPDES IA0083305 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY DISTRICT, held by SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IA0083305. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2012 and expiring February 28, 2017.

SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY DISTRICT, Storm Lake, Iowa: Individual permit IA0083305, held by SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 1, 2012, term to February 28, 2017, by STA.

pH: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2016.
Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, 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; 65 were issued before IA0083305.

Coverages issued nearest IA0083305

September 1, 2011: LAWLER CITY OF STP, Lawler, IA0056910
September 1, 2011: KENSETT, CITY OF-STP, Kensett, IA0076635, held by CITY OF KENSETT
October 1, 2011: NEW VIENNA CITY OF STP, New Vienna, IA0027391, held by CITY OF NEW VIENNA
November 1, 2011: GRUVER CITY OF, Gruver, IA0077488, held by IOWA LAKES REGIONAL WATER
March 1, 2012: REMBRANDT CITY OF STP, Rembrandt, IA0033219, held by CITY OF REMBRANDT
May 1, 2012: SOUTH ENGLISH, CITY OF STP, South English, IA0084018, held by CITY OF SOUTH ENGLISH
June 1, 2012: FOSTORIA CITY OF STP, Fostoria, IA0061841, held by CITY OF FOSTORIA
July 1, 2012: COLO CITY OF STP, Colo, IA0047759, held by CITY OF COLO
July 1, 2012: WELDON CITY OF STP, Weldon, IA0069167, held by CITY OF WELDON
July 1, 2012: THAYER CITY OF STP, Thayer, IA0079936, held by SOUTHERN IOWA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION

SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY DISTRICT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Little Maple Creek subwatershed (HUC 102300050104), IA0083305 among them. Its county holds 16, 2 of them major permits; IA0083305 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Maple Creek subwatershed (HUC 102300050104)

ALTA CITY OF STP, Alta: IA0024449, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY DISTRICT
Permittee as filed	SOUTH WEST SHORELINE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
NPDES ID	IA0083305
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	March 1, 2012
Expiration date	February 28, 2017
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Storm Lake, IA 50588
Subwatershed	Little Maple Creek (HUC 102300050104)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
4With 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
pH	2	7	5	November 30, 2016
Solids, total suspended	5	2	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	5	2	0
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl	1	1	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	5	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, 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 IA0083305.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0083305.

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 IA0083305.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IA0083305 for South West Shoreline Sanitary District in Storm Lake, Iowa, listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class and a publicly owned treatment works program. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.