Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0085707
GREAT CIRCLE WWTF, St. James, MO: NPDES MO0085707 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREAT CIRCLE WWTF, held by Great Circle, holds NPDES permit MO0085707, which discharges to Tributary To Trib. To Dry Fork. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | GREAT CIRCLE WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Great Circle |
| NPDES ID | MO0085707 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 30, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | St. James, MO 65559 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Trib. to Dry Fork |
| Subwatershed | Dry Fork (HUC 071401020109) |
| SIC | 8361 – Residential Care |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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] | 6 | 43 | 27 | June 30, 2026 | 964% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 28 | 14 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 20 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 113% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2014 | 158% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 18 | 2 | March 31, 2021 | 97% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 17 | 2 | September 30, 2022 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 15 | 1 | September 30, 2013 | 25% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 12 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 18, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| April 30, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| April 30, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| September 24, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.