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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0113271

RAINBOW ACRES SUBDIVISION WWTF, Knob Noster, MO: NPDES MO0113271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RAINBOW ACRES SUBDIVISION WWTF, held by Elm Hills Utility Operating Company, Inc, holds NPDES permit MO0113271, which discharges to Tributary To Walnut Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued November 14, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 filedRAINBOW ACRES SUBDIVISION WWTF
Permittee as filedElm Hills Utility Operating Company, Inc
NPDES IDMO0113271
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 14, 2017
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2022
AddressKnob Noster, MO 65336
Receiving waterTributary to Walnut Cr.
SubwatershedWalnut Creek (HUC 103001040305)
SIC6552 – Subdividers And Developers

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

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]41311September 30, 2019586% over the limit
Solids, total suspended275March 31, 2026143% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C242March 31, 202623% over the limit
pH220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]200
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.200
Chlorine, total residual200
E. coli200

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
October 15, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 15, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 15, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
October 15, 2018WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
December 29, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 24, 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 discharge permit NPDES MO0113271 for the Rainbow Acres Subdivision WWTF in Knob Noster, MO, held by Elm Hills Utility Operating Company, Inc, which discharges to Tributary To Walnut Cr. The permit is administratively continued, lists 9 as the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the watershed given as HUC 103001040305.