Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0058220

FREEBURG WWTF, Freeburg, MO: NPDES MO0058220 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FREEBURG WWTF, held by City of Freeburg, holds NPDES permit MO0058220, which discharges to Tributary To Steuber Hollow Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued December 19, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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	FREEBURG WWTF
Permittee as filed	City of Freeburg
NPDES ID	MO0058220
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 19, 2013
Expiration date	December 31, 2018
Address	Freeburg, MO 65035
Receiving water	Tributary to Steuber Hollow Cr.
Subwatershed	Reichel Creek-Gasconade River (HUC 102902030208)
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

12Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
12With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	71	17	June 30, 2026	683% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	0	13	4	June 30, 2025	187% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	12	3	March 31, 2023	207% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	79	2	June 30, 2021	96% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	76	1	June 30, 2021	9% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	60	0
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	50	0
pH	1	50	0
E. coli	0	14	0
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia	0	4	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	1	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	0	1	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

8Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 16, 2021	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
June 16, 2021	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
April 10, 2020	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6
January 6, 2020	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
July 9, 2019	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6
December 28, 2018	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
March 30, 2018	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6
October 16, 2017	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MO0058220 for FREEBURG WWTF in Freeburg, MO, held by City of Freeburg, which discharges to Tributary To Steuber Hollow Cr. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 6 for discharger class Minor, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The file shows issue and expiration dates of December 19, 2013 and December 31, 2018, as they stood when the page was loaded on October 14, 2026.