Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0094854

BUFFALO WWTF, Buffalo, MO: NPDES MO0094854 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BUFFALO WWTF, held by City of Buffalo, holds NPDES permit MO0094854, which discharges to Tributary To Little Lindley Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	BUFFALO WWTF
Permittee as filed	City of Buffalo
NPDES ID	MO0094854
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 18, 2017
Expiration date	March 31, 2020
Address	Buffalo, MO 65622
Receiving water	Tributary to Little Lindley Creek
Subwatershed	Little Lindley Creek-Lindley Creek (HUC 102901070202)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

22Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
20With a violation of any kind
10With 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	2	55	27	May 31, 2008	149% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	6	121	20	May 31, 2022	99,999% over the limit
Coliform, fecal, colony forming units	0	31	18	June 30, 2012	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	49	17	April 30, 2008	107% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	15	13	May 31, 2024	161% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	10	7	May 31, 2022	86% over the limit
pH	4	37	3	February 28, 2022
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	0	9	3	June 30, 2015	99,999% over the limit
E. coli	2	5	3	October 31, 2025	133% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	139	1	June 30, 2020	30% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	102	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	2	84	0
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia	0	80	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	16	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	6	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	6	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	1	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	2	1	0
Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	1	0
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	0	1	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	1	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 1, 2023	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
October 19, 2017	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6

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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 NPDES permit MO0094854 for the BUFFALO WWTF in Buffalo, MO, held by City of Buffalo, which discharges to Tributary To Little Lindley Creek in the Little Lindley Creek-Lindley Creek subwatershed (HUC 102901070202). The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Major Discharger class facility, with 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 10 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The file lists 22 pollutants on file, 17 under a numeric limit, and 20 with a violation of any kind.