Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0109878
ST JOSEPH SANITARY LANDFILL, St Joseph, MO: NPDES MO0109878 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ST JOSEPH SANITARY LANDFILL, held by City of St. Joseph, holds NPDES permit MO0109878, which discharges to Tributary To Pigeon Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 | ST JOSEPH SANITARY LANDFILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of St. Joseph |
| NPDES ID | MO0109878 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | April 18, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | St Joseph, MO 64507 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Pigeon Cr. |
| Subwatershed | Pigeon Creek-Platte River (HUC 102400120602) |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MOP000029223; ICIS-AIR source MO0000002902100105 |
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
- 35Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 35With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 275 | 253 | March 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 8 | 234 | 212 | June 30, 2026 | 17,915% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 8 | 125 | 103 | March 31, 2019 | 1,002% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 13 | 118 | 96 | December 31, 2018 | 1,400% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 13 | 93 | 71 | June 30, 2025 | 27,592% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 7 | 45 | 26 | March 31, 2017 | 24,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 40 | 21 | March 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 8 | 29 | 7 | December 31, 2011 | 18,124% over the limit |
| Chlorides + Sulfates | 8 | 25 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | 35% over the limit |
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 8 | 2 | March 31, 2007 | 153% over the limit |
| pH | 16 | 45 | 1 | March 31, 2017 | |
| Benzene | 8 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 7 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride | 7 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 3 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 14, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| April 4, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| April 4, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| April 4, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| April 4, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | 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.