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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0057444

STEELE WWTF, Steele, MO: NPDES MO0057444 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STEELE WWTF, held by City of Steele, holds NPDES permit MO0057444, which discharges to Tributary To Main Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued January 29, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 filedSTEELE WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Steele
NPDES IDMO0057444
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
IssuedJanuary 29, 2018
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2021
AddressSteele, MO 63877
Receiving waterTributary to Main Ditch
SubwatershedMain Ditch No 6 (HUC 080202040706)
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
Solids, total suspended2165140July 31, 2026278% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal16050July 31, 2026186% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal14636April 30, 2026186% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C24520March 31, 2022333% over the limit
pH1816July 31, 2026
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2162December 31, 201710% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2220
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2200
Phosphorus, total [as P]280
Nitrogen, total [as N]240
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]020
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]020
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]110

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
October 23, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 23, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 30, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 5, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 27, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 30, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
March 31, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
October 9, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 31, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
November 26, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 26, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
November 26, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
September 24, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MO0057444.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MO0057444.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit MO0057444 held by the City of Steele for the STEELE WWTF in Steele, MO, which discharges to Tributary To Main Ditch and is administratively continued. The page lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 14 pollutants on file.