Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0098094
BUCKNER WWTP, Buckner, MO: NPDES MO0098094 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKNER WWTP, held by City of Buckner, holds NPDES permit MO0098094, which discharges to Fire Prairie Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 | BUCKNER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Buckner |
| NPDES ID | MO0098094 |
| 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 | January 28, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | Buckner, MO 64016 |
| Receiving water | Fire Prairie Creek |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Fire Prairie Creek (HUC 103001010601) |
| 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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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] | 4 | 69 | 47 | July 31, 2026 | 4,875% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 26 | 16 | July 31, 2026 | 1,512% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 18 | 10 | September 30, 2024 | 773% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 6 | 6 | August 31, 2016 | 6,599% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 25 | 4 | July 31, 2026 | 110% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 11 | 4 | July 31, 2026 | 82% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 11 | 4 | July 31, 2026 | 440% over the limit |
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2014 | 229% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 15 | 1 | January 31, 2018 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| December 16, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| March 20, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| August 2, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| January 26, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 28, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| September 28, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| September 28, 2022 | 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.