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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0048054

BERNIE WWTP, Bernie, MO: NPDES MO0048054 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BERNIE WWTP, held by City of Bernie, holds NPDES permit MO0048054, which discharges to Tributary To Lateral #2 Main Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued June 6, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2027. 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 filedBERNIE WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Bernie
NPDES IDMO0048054
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 6, 2022
Expiration dateJune 30, 2027
AddressBernie, MO 63822
Receiving waterTributary to Lateral #2 Main Ditch
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMain Ditch (HUC 080202040502)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1812480June 30, 202611,786% over the limit
E. coli28660June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
Manganese, total recoverable01717March 31, 20142,423% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable2279December 31, 202067% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3627December 31, 2018447% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable2357July 31, 2025275% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3572March 31, 202614% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal122March 31, 202645% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal122February 28, 202675% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable022June 30, 201281% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]022July 31, 2015156% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia022May 31, 2012955% over the limit
pH2911September 30, 2018
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2440
Phosphorus, total [as P]4380
Nitrogen, total [as N]0380
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]2200
Zinc, total recoverable0180
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]200

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
December 10, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
August 16, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 16, 2024Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
August 16, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
August 16, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
August 16, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
August 16, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 29, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 26, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 5, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 27, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 27, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
May 13, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
May 13, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
May 13, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 31, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 30, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
December 31, 2019Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
December 31, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 24, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 5, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6

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 the NPDES discharge permit MO0048054 for BERNIE WWTP in Bernie, MO, held by City of Bernie, with a status of Effective and a Minor discharger class. The facts list 22 pollutants on file, 16 under a numeric limit, 13 with an effluent exceedance, and the receiving water is listed as Tributary to Lateral #2 Main Ditch within the Main Ditch subwatershed (HUC 080202040502).