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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0023116

HIGGINSVILLE NORTH WWTF, Higginsville, MO: NPDES MO0023116 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HIGGINSVILLE NORTH WWTF, held by City of Higginsville, holds NPDES permit MO0023116, which discharges to Long Branch. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2019 and expiring March 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 filedHIGGINSVILLE NORTH WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Higginsville
NPDES IDMO0023116
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 28, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2024
AddressHigginsville, MO 64037
Receiving waterLong Branch
SubwatershedTabo Creek (HUC 103001010903)
SIC4952 – 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

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
E. coli266August 31, 2023219% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]644June 30, 202621% over the limit
pH2500
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
Phosphorus, total [as P]400
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C300
Solids, total suspended300
Temperature, water deg. centigrade200
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
BOD, 5-day, percent removal100
Solids, suspended percent removal100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 18, 2023Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
October 15, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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 discharge permit NPDES MO0023116 for the HIGGINSVILLE NORTH WWTF in Higginsville, MO, held by City of Higginsville and discharging to Long Branch within the Tabo Creek subwatershed (HUC 103001010903). The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Minor discharger class, 13 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.