Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0048305
KC ROCKY BRANCH WWTP, Kansas City, MO: NPDES MO0048305 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KC ROCKY BRANCH WWTP, held by City of Kansas City, holds NPDES permit MO0048305, which discharges to Rocky Br.. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2021 and expiring August 31, 2026. 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 | KC ROCKY BRANCH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Kansas City |
| NPDES ID | MO0048305 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2026 |
| Address | Kansas City, MO 64165 |
| Receiving water | Rocky Br. |
| Subwatershed | Wilkerson Creek (HUC 102400120708) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 27 | 8 | June 30, 2014 | 190% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 26 | 7 | June 30, 2023 | 108% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 18 | 4 | November 30, 2014 | 545% over the limit |
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 26 | 2 | March 31, 2010 | 26% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2013 | 530% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 108 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal, colony forming units | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MO0048305.
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.