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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0108162

ROCKAWAY BEACH WWTP, Rockaway Beach, MO: NPDES MO0108162 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROCKAWAY BEACH WWTP, held by City of Rockaway Beach, holds NPDES permit MO0108162, which discharges to Lake Taneycomo. EPA’s file records it issued October 6, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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 filedROCKAWAY BEACH WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Rockaway Beach
NPDES IDMO0108162
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 6, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2019
AddressRockaway Beach, MO 65740
Receiving waterLake Taneycomo
SubwatershedLower Bull Creek-Lake Taneycomo (HUC 110100030108)

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

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]29754July 31, 20251,900% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]46238September 30, 20194,054% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C24814April 30, 2016545% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]01111April 30, 201699,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2499April 30, 2016425% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia086August 31, 2010255% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general0204August 31, 201011,650% over the limit
pH2411February 29, 2016
Solids, suspended percent removal111January 31, 2024504% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2240
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2120
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Aluminum, total recoverable200
E. coli200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]100
BOD, 5-day, percent removal100

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
December 28, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
December 28, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 28, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 1, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

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 NPDES permit MO0108162 for the ROCKAWAY BEACH WWTP in Rockaway Beach, MO, held by City of Rockaway Beach and discharging to Lake Taneycomo. The facts list a Minor Discharger class, 14 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued.