Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0123820

LOST VALLEY FISH HATCHERY, Warsaw, MO: NPDES MO0123820 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LOST VALLEY FISH HATCHERY, held by Missouri Department of Conservation, holds NPDES permit MO0123820, which discharges to Tributary To Lake Of The Ozarks. EPA’s file records it issued May 3, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2021.

LOST VALLEY FISH HATCHERY, Warsaw, Missouri: Individual permit MO0123820, held by Missouri Department of Conservation; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 3, 2017, term to September 30, 2021; discharges to Tributary to Lake of the Ozarks.

Spray irrigation: 2 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Rainfall: 2 limits, 45 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Application rate area sprayed: 2 limits, 45 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Application rate, gallons spray irrigation: 2 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Spray irrigation, application rate: 2 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Freeboard: 1 limit, 21 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Depth to water level ft below landsurface: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Application daily spray irrigation: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

April 18, 2025: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).
August 2, 2024: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).
November 16, 2023: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).

Missouri holds 756 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 203 were issued before MO0123820. Missouri Department of Conservation holds 9 permits in Missouri.

Other permits held by Missouri Department of Conservation

MDC, POWDER VALLEY NATURE CENTER, Kirkwood: MO0109975, issued January 23, 2019
MDC BENNETT SPRING STATE FISH HATCHERY, Lebanon: MOG130008, issued March 1, 2019
MDC SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS HATCHERY, Branson: MOG130009, issued March 1, 2019
LOST VALLEY FISH HATCHERY, Warsaw: MOG130020, issued June 1, 2024
HUNNEWELL LAKE, Hunnewell: MOG870012, issued March 1, 2024
MDC SHEP HILLS VISITOR CENTER, Branson: MORA23841, issued March 27, 2023
SCHELL-OSAGE CONSERVATION AREA, Schell City: MORA27354, issued November 14, 2024
MDC FARMINGTON OFFICE COMPLEX, Farmington: MORA29511, issued February 10, 2026

Coverages issued nearest MO0123820

April 28, 2017: FARMINGTON EAST WWTP, Farmington, MO0028860, held by City of Farmington
May 3, 2017: CURRYVILLE WWTF, Curryville, MO0040801, held by City of Curryville
May 3, 2017: GRAY SUMMIT WWTF, Gray Summit, MO0098981, held by The Labadie Cr WS Sewer Dist Franklin Co
May 3, 2017: BEAUTY VIEW ACRES WWTF, Gray Summit, MO0109177, held by Labadie Creek Watershed Sewer District
May 3, 2017: LABADIE WWTF, Labadie, MO0114910, held by Labadie Creek Watershed Sewer District
May 5, 2017: FARMINGTON WEST WWTP, Farmington, MO0040312, held by City of Farmington
May 10, 2017: BELTON WWTP, Belton, MO0117412, held by City of Belton
May 11, 2017: SWEET SPRINGS WWTF, Sweet Springs, MO0054518, held by City of Sweet Springs
May 19, 2017: JCPSD, BROOKSIDE PARC WWTP, Hillsboro, MO0134490, held by Jefferson County Public Sewer District
May 22, 2017: GRANT CITY WEST SANITARY LAGOON, Grant City, MO0027600, held by City of Grant

LOST VALLEY FISH HATCHERY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 25 discharge permits in the Feaster Branch-Osage River subwatershed (HUC 102901090107), MO0123820 among them. Its county holds 95, 0 of them major permits; MO0123820 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Feaster Branch-Osage River subwatershed (HUC 102901090107)

ANGLERS RETREAT ON MM HWY, Warsaw: MOG823214, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to White Branch, permit term to August 24, 2027
BENTON RIDGE WINERY AND CAMPGROUND, Warsaw: MOG823166, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Feaster Branch, permit term to August 24, 2022
BRADEN PARK, Warsaw: MO0137090, minor permit, discharging to Lake of the Ozarks, permit term to January 31, 2020
COLD STORAGE, Warsaw: MORA30682, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Lake of the Ozarks, permit term to February 7, 2027
COLD STORAGE, Warsaw: MORA30685, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Lake of the Ozarks, permit term to February 7, 2027
COUNTRY LAKES RV RESORT, Warsaw: MOG823145, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to White Branch, permit term to August 24, 2027
DOUBLE M MOBILE COACH RANCH, Warsaw: MO0111139, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Lake of the Ozarks, permit term to September 30, 2021
HIDDEN VALLEY, Warsaw: MO0139327, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Lake of the Ozarks, permit term to July 31, 2027
LAKE HILLS PARK WWTP, Warsaw: MO0113794, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Blue Branch, permit term to September 30, 2021
LAKE RIDGE BAY SUBDIVISION WWTP, Warsaw: MO0139033, minor permit, discharging to Lake of the Ozarks, permit term to September 30, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	LOST VALLEY FISH HATCHERY
Permittee as filed	Missouri Department of Conservation
NPDES ID	MO0123820
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	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 3, 2017
Expiration date	September 30, 2021
Address	Warsaw, MO 65355
Receiving water	Tributary to Lake of the Ozarks
Subwatershed	Feaster Branch-Osage River (HUC 102901090107)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

17Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
17With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Spray irrigation	2	48
Rainfall	2	45
Application rate area sprayed	2	45
Application rate, gallons spray irrigation	2	42
Spray irrigation, application rate	2	42
Freeboard	1	21
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	10
pH	0	8
Solids, total suspended	0	8
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	1	6
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	6
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	0	4
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	4
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	4
Coliform, fecal general	0	4
Depth to water level ft below landsurface	0	3
Application daily spray irrigation	0	1

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MO0123820.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

3Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 18, 2025	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
August 2, 2024	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
November 16, 2023	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MO0123820.

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 MO0123820.

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This public-records page covers the NPDES MO0123820 Clean Water Act discharge permit held by Missouri Department of Conservation for Lost Valley Fish Hatchery in Warsaw, MO, which discharges to Tributary to Lake of the Ozarks. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records the permit as administratively continued with a Minor discharger class.