Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0000086
DOE RUN/VIBURNUM OPERATIONS, Steelville, MO: NPDES MO0000086 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOE RUN/VIBURNUM OPERATIONS, held by The Doe Run Company, holds NPDES permit MO0000086, which discharges to Indian Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | DOE RUN/VIBURNUM OPERATIONS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Doe Run Company |
| NPDES ID | MO0000086 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 18, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Steelville, MO 65565 |
| Receiving water | Indian Creek |
| Subwatershed | Indian Creek-Courtois Creek (HUC 071401020302) |
| NAICS | 212231 – Lead Ore and Zinc Ore Mining |
| SIC | 1031 – Lead And Zinc Ores |
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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 528 | 160 | September 30, 2017 | 2,067% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 488 | 158 | September 30, 2017 | 1,500% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 334 | 68 | December 31, 2024 | 3,771% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 165 | 19 | June 30, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 410 | 12 | May 31, 2017 | 187% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 257 | 11 | May 31, 2022 | 830% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 155 | 9 | June 30, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 9 | 9 | March 31, 2009 | 187% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 58 | 4 | June 30, 2010 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 252 | 2 | August 31, 2025 | 45% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2005 | 93% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 99 | 1 | April 30, 2017 | |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 55 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 1991 | 7% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 576 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 2 | 138 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 98 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
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.