Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0020753
AMERICAN FALLS, CITY OF - AMERICAN FALLS WWTP, American Falls, ID: NPDES ID0020753 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
AMERICAN FALLS, CITY OF - AMERICAN FALLS WWTP, held by AMERICAN FALLS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit ID0020753, which discharges to Snake River. EPA’s file records it issued November 29, 2001 and expiring January 8, 2007. 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 | AMERICAN FALLS, CITY OF - AMERICAN FALLS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AMERICAN FALLS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | ID0020753 |
| 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 | November 29, 2001 |
| Expiration date | January 8, 2007 |
| Address | American Falls, ID 83211 |
| Receiving water | SNAKE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Ferry Hollow-Snake River (HUC 170402090301) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 53 | 49 | January 31, 2004 | 967% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 33 | 32 | October 31, 2014 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 27 | 26 | January 31, 2014 | 357% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 23 | 16 | October 31, 2013 | 63% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 19 | 12 | November 30, 2013 | 440% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 14 | 12 | April 30, 2001 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 33 | 8 | May 31, 2005 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 4 | 3 | April 30, 2016 | 440% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 1 | 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 ID0020753.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ID0020753.
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 ID0020753.
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.