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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0085383

HILLSBORO WWTP, Hillsboro, MO: NPDES MO0085383 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HILLSBORO WWTP, held by City of Hillsboro, holds NPDES permit MO0085383, which discharges to Belews Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 17, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023. 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 filedHILLSBORO WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Hillsboro
NPDES IDMO0085383
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
IssuedSeptember 17, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
AddressHillsboro, MO 63050
Receiving waterBelews Creek
SubwatershedBelew Creek (HUC 071401040404)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
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
pH271May 31, 2019
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0420
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2100
Solids, total suspended2100
Nitrogen, total [as N]280
Phosphorus, total [as P]280
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]460
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
BOD, 5-day, percent removal160
Solids, suspended percent removal160
E. coli240
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.200

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
September 9, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 1, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 1, 2022Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit MO0085383 for the HILLSBORO WWTP in Hillsboro, MO, held by City of Hillsboro, which discharges to Belews Creek in the Belew Creek (HUC 071401040404) subwatershed. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued September 17, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023.