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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0101087

LBVSD ATHERTON WWTP, Independence, MO: NPDES MO0101087 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LBVSD ATHERTON WWTP, held by Little Blue Valley Sewer District, holds NPDES permit MO0101087, which discharges to Missouri River. EPA’s file records it issued January 24, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 filedLBVSD ATHERTON WWTP
Permittee as filedLittle Blue Valley Sewer District
NPDES IDMO0101087
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 24, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
AddressIndependence, MO 64058
Receiving waterMissouri River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MOP000002139; ICIS-AIR source MO0000002909500186

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Solids, total suspended28460July 31, 2025469% over the limit
CBOD5+NH3-N036619March 31, 200687% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2338July 31, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal154June 30, 202567% over the limit
E. coli253July 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal143June 30, 202587% over the limit
Solids, settleable0142December 31, 2003400% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2171June 30, 202187% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]41710
pH21060
Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia0110
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]0100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas030
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]420
Temperature, water deg. centigrade020
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]020
Arsenic, total recoverable020
Nickel, total recoverable020
Silver total recoverable020
Zinc, total recoverable020
Cadmium, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020
Antimony, total recoverable020
Chromium, trivalent total recoverable020
Mercury, total recoverable020
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia210
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]210
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit010
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]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 20, 2017Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce StandardsST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MO0101087 for the LBVSD ATHERTON WWTP in Independence, MO, held by Little Blue Valley Sewer District, which discharges to the Missouri River. The page lists a Major Discharger class, 14 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.