Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0119431

OZARK HILLS LODGE, Lebanon, MO: NPDES MO0119431 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

OZARK HILLS LODGE, held by Russel H. Phelps, Jr., holds NPDES permit MO0119431, which discharges to Tributary To Spring Hollow. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2023.

OZARK HILLS LODGE, Lebanon, Missouri: Individual permit MO0119431, held by Russel H. Phelps, Jr.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 28, 2021, term to December 31, 2023; discharges to Tributary to Spring Hollow.

Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 72 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2015, largest 36,120% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 64 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2008, largest 167% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 61 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2023, largest 327% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 134 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 62 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 62 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 0 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.: 2 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 2 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 30, 2026: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).

OZARK HILLS LODGE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Spring Hollow Creek subwatershed (HUC 102901100202), MO0119431 among them. Its county holds 103, 1 of them major permits; MO0119431 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Spring Hollow Creek subwatershed (HUC 102901100202)

BENNETT SPRING HOMESTEAD MOTEL, Lebanon: MO0127957, minor permit, discharging to Spring Hollow, permit term to December 31, 2018
HIGHWAY 64 RV AND MOBILE HOME PARK, Lebanon: MOG823172, minor permit, permit term to August 24, 2027
LARRY'S CEDAR RESORT WWTP, Lebanon: MO0112976, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Bennett Springs Cr., permit term to December 31, 2023
MDC BENNETT SPRING STATE FISH HATCHERY, Lebanon: MOG130008, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Bennett Springs Cr., permit term to February 18, 2024
NEIGHBORS OF PEACEFUL VALLEY LLC, Lebanon: MOG823193, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Spring Hollow, permit term to August 24, 2022

Identity

Facility as filed	OZARK HILLS LODGE
Permittee as filed	Russel H. Phelps, Jr.
NPDES ID	MO0119431
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
Issued	July 28, 2021
Expiration date	December 31, 2023
Address	Lebanon, MO 65536
Receiving water	Tributary to Spring Hollow
Subwatershed	Spring Hollow Creek (HUC 102901100202)
SIC	5812 – Eating Places

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	72	12	September 30, 2015	36,120% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	64	2	June 30, 2008	167% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	61	1	September 30, 2023	327% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	134	0
pH	2	62	0
Solids, total suspended	2	62	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	60	0
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	0	36	0
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	24	0
E. coli	2	24	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 30, 2026	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MO0119431.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MO0119431.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit MO0119431 held by OZARK HILLS LODGE in Lebanon, MO, a minor discharger whose permit is administratively continued after its expiration date. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, 3 with an effluent exceedance, and discharges to Tributary To Spring Hollow in the Spring Hollow Creek subwatershed (HUC 102901100202).