Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0002003
DOE RUN, BUICK MINE/MILL, Boss, MO: NPDES MO0002003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOE RUN, BUICK MINE/MILL, held by The Doe Run Resources Corp, holds NPDES permit MO0002003, which discharges to Strother Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 13, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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, BUICK MINE/MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Doe Run Resources Corp |
| NPDES ID | MO0002003 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 13, 2021 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Boss, MO 65440 |
| Receiving water | Strother Creek |
| Subwatershed | Strother Creek (HUC 110100070301) |
| SIC | 1031 – Lead And Zinc Ores |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MOD000677195; ICIS-AIR source MO0000002909300005 |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 [as Zn] | 0 | 31 | 19 | March 31, 2009 | 79% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 363 | 15 | February 28, 2011 | 82% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 89 | 8 | September 30, 2020 | 3,711% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 85 | 4 | September 30, 2020 | 100% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 287 | 3 | June 30, 2015 | 608% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 115 | 3 | July 31, 2014 | |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 15 | 3 | March 31, 2005 | 970% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 345 | 1 | March 31, 2009 | 3% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 249 | 1 | February 29, 2016 | 40% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 117 | 1 | May 31, 2022 | 59% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 109 | 1 | July 31, 2006 | 9% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 338 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 280 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 166 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorides + Sulfates | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 2 | 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 MO0002003.
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.