Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0049531
KC BIRMINGHAM WWTP, Kansas City, MO: NPDES MO0049531 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KC BIRMINGHAM WWTP, held by City of Kansas City, holds NPDES permit MO0049531, which discharges to Missouri R.. EPA’s file records it issued September 21, 2021 and expiring September 30, 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 BIRMINGHAM WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Kansas City |
| NPDES ID | MO0049531 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 21, 2021 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2026 |
| Address | Kansas City, MO 64161 |
| Receiving water | Missouri R. |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rock Creek-Missouri River (HUC 103001010305) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MOR000539460 |
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
- 33Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 58 | 50 | February 29, 2024 | 193% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 36 | 28 | December 31, 2013 | 133% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 9 | 9 | August 31, 2013 | 196,900% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 44 | 2 | March 31, 2012 | 92% over the limit |
| Sulfite [as S] | 0 | 36 | 2 | March 31, 2012 | 42% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 29 | 1 | September 30, 2013 | |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 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 MO0049531.
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.