Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0083453

THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY, Ottumwa, IA: NPDES IA0083453 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY holds NPDES permit IA0083453. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2011 and expiring October 31, 2016.

THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY, Ottumwa, Iowa: Individual permit IA0083453; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 1, 2011, term to October 31, 2016, by STA.

Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025, largest 2,172,764% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2014.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2019, largest 14,888,190% over the limit.

THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Kettle Creek-Des Moines River subwatershed (HUC 071000090709), IA0083453 among them. Its county holds 17, 3 of them major permits; IA0083453 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Kettle Creek-Des Moines River subwatershed (HUC 071000090709)

OTTUMWA CITY OF STP, Ottumwa: IA0058611, major permit, permit term to June 30, 2023
OTTUMWA WATER WORKS, CITY OF, Ottumwa: IA0000035, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2021
OTTUMWA, CITY OF MS4, Ottumwa: IA0078972, minor permit, permit term to February 29, 2020
ROYCE VALLEY VILLAGE LLC, Ottumwa: IA0069663, minor permit, permit term to February 29, 2024
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY, Ottumwa: IAL058611, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY
Permittee as filed	THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY
NPDES ID	IA0083453
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	November 1, 2011
Expiration date	October 31, 2016
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Ottumwa, IA 52501
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Kettle Creek-Des Moines River (HUC 071000090709)

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
3With 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	4	8	8	November 30, 2025	2,172,764% over the limit
pH	2	6	2	December 31, 2014
Solids, total suspended	4	2	2	December 31, 2019	14,888,190% over the limit

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0083453.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0083453.

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 IA0083453.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IA0083453, held by THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY in Ottumwa, IA, which is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 3 pollutants on file, 3 under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's permit file.