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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0004871

SIBLEY GENERATING STATION, Sibley, MO: NPDES MO0004871 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SIBLEY GENERATING STATION, held by Evergy, Inc., holds NPDES permit MO0004871, which discharges to Tributary To Missouri R.. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 filedSIBLEY GENERATING STATION
Permittee as filedEvergy, Inc.
NPDES IDMO0004871
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 13, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
AddressSibley, MO 64088
Receiving waterTributary to Missouri R.
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCravens Creek-Missouri River (HUC 103001010604)
NAICS221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MOD000677526

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended1016655September 30, 20213,913% over the limit
pH149718June 30, 2021
Solids, settleable011February 28, 2010100% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.10420
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2390
Sulfate [as S]460
Sulfate, total [as SO4]020
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas020
Arsenic, total recoverable1000
Selenium, total recoverable1000
Boron, total recoverable1000
Phosphorus, total [as P]600
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant600
Chlorides + Sulfates600
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]400
Nitrogen, total [as N]400
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]400
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]400
Aluminum, total recoverable400
Chromium, trivalent total recoverable400
Chloride400
Storm water flow400
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia300
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]300
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]200
Molybdenum, total recoverable200
E. coli200
Mercury, total recoverable200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MO0004871.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MO0004871 for SIBLEY GENERATING STATION in Sibley, MO, held by Evergy, Inc., and discharging to Tributary To Missouri R. The permit status is listed as Effective, with a Major Discharger class, an issue date of December 13, 2019, and an expiration date of December 31, 2024. The page lists 27 as the discharger class figure, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.