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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0101702

FOREST CITY FACILITY (SMELTER), Forest City, MO: NPDES MO0101702 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FOREST CITY FACILITY (SMELTER), held by Steve Carter, holds NPDES permit MO0101702, which discharges to Tributary To L. Tarkio Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued May 20, 2019 and expiring May 31, 2024. 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 filedFOREST CITY FACILITY (SMELTER)
Permittee as filedSteve Carter
NPDES IDMO0101702
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 20, 2019
Expiration dateMay 31, 2024
AddressForest City, MO 64451
Receiving waterTributary to L. Tarkio Ditch
SubwatershedOld Channel Little Tarkio Creek-Missouri River (HUC 102400051003)
NAICS331314 – Secondary Smelting and Alloying Of Aluminum
SIC3341 – Secondary Nonferrous Metals
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MOD030712822; ICIS-AIR source MO0000002908700001

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Selenium, total recoverable326154July 31, 2012827% over the limit
Chlorides + Sulfates018339July 31, 2012260% over the limit
pH45135August 31, 2006
Lead, total recoverable937124November 30, 2016201% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable920724January 31, 2025800% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable622222June 30, 2012121% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]04814July 31, 2012249% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]01412January 31, 20066,567% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable0579June 30, 201268% over the limit
Selenium, total [as Se]0126May 31, 200850% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]466April 30, 2002150% over the limit
Solids, total suspended93344November 30, 20161,104% over the limit
Chloride01354September 30, 200444% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]044January 31, 200638,924% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable92772December 31, 20114,753% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]042March 31, 2001143% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C022October 31, 1997225% over the limit
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]02581September 30, 20119% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia01471January 31, 200910% over the limit
% of time exceeding pH limits0411June 30, 20112,147,483,650% over the limit
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas0251June 30, 2010
Antimony, total [as Sb]051September 30, 1997667% over the limit
Antimony, total recoverable61780
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant71630
Solids, settleable3990
Temperature, water deg. centigrade0480
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]0480
pH range excursions, > 60 minutes2400
pH range excursions, monthly total accum2400
Length of longest pH excursion0400
Chromium, total recoverable0380
Nickel, total recoverable0340
Mercury, total recoverable0280
Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia0240
Copper, total recoverable3110
Mercury, total [as Hg]020
Rainfall600
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MO0101702.

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 NPDES permit MO0101702 for the Forest City Facility (Smelter) in Forest City, MO, which discharges to Tributary To L. Tarkio Ditch within the Little Tarkio Creek-Missouri River watershed (HUC 102400051003). The page lists the permit as Effective and Major Discharger class, with 17 pollutants under a numeric limit and 22 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.