Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0023043
ST JOSEPH WATER PROTECTION FACILITY, St Joseph, MO: NPDES MO0023043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ST JOSEPH WATER PROTECTION FACILITY, held by City of St. Joseph, holds NPDES permit MO0023043, which discharges to Tributary To Missouri R.. EPA’s file records it issued November 18, 2020 and expiring November 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 | ST JOSEPH WATER PROTECTION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of St. Joseph |
| NPDES ID | MO0023043 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 18, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2025 |
| Address | St Joseph, MO 64504 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Missouri R. |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Roys Branch-Missouri River (HUC 102400110103) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MOR000029256 |
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
- 34Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 18 | 16 | April 30, 2026 | 273% over the limit |
| CBOD5+NH3-N | 0 | 277 | 4 | February 28, 2007 | 18% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 9 | 3 | June 30, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 23 | 2 | September 30, 2024 | 50% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 183 | 1 | January 31, 2005 | 50% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 1 | September 30, 2013 | |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 8 | 1 | September 30, 2013 | |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2011 | |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 178 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 142 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 124 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 114 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [20 day, 20 C] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Spray irrigation | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, gallons/batch | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Application rate area sprayed | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glyphosate, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| March 16, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| March 16, 2017 | Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation | 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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