Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0049522
SPRINGFIELD SW WWTP, Springfield, MO: NPDES MO0049522 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPRINGFIELD SW WWTP, held by City of Springfield, holds NPDES permit MO0049522, which discharges to Tributary To Wilsons Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2020 and expiring July 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SPRINGFIELD SW WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Springfield |
| NPDES ID | MO0049522 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 15, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2025 |
| Address | Springfield, MO 65801 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Wilsons Cr. |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Wilsons Creek (HUC 110100020301) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MOP000039461 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 38 | 6 | December 31, 2016 | 39% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 81 | 1 | March 31, 2018 | 60% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 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 MO0049522.
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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