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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0125695

USNPS BIG SPRING WWTP, Van Buren, MO: NPDES MO0125695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

USNPS BIG SPRING WWTP, held by US National Park Service - ONSR, holds NPDES permit MO0125695, which discharges to Tributary To Current R.. EPA’s file records it issued January 8, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 filedUSNPS BIG SPRING WWTP
Permittee as filedUS National Park Service - ONSR
NPDES IDMO0125695
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
IssuedJanuary 8, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
AddressVan Buren, MO 63965
Receiving waterTributary to Current R.
SubwatershedChilton Creek-Current River (HUC 110100080603)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Rainfall240
Application rate area sprayed120
Application rate, gallons spray irrigation120
Freeboard120
Spray irrigation120
Spray irrigation, application rate120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MO0125695.

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
November 16, 2023Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MO0125695.

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 MO0125695.

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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USNPS BIG SPRING WWTP, Van Buren, Missouri: Individual permit MO0125695, held by US National Park Service - ONSR; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 8, 2019, term to December 31, 2023; discharges to Tributary to Current R..

  • Rainfall: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Application rate area sprayed: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Application rate, gallons spray irrigation: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Freeboard: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Spray irrigation: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Spray irrigation, application rate: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • November 16, 2023: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).

USNPS BIG SPRING WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Chilton Creek-Current River subwatershed (HUC 110100080603), MO0125695 among them. Its county holds 22, 0 of them major permits; MO0125695 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Chilton Creek-Current River subwatershed (HUC 110100080603)

  • LINGO FARMS LLC, Van Buren: MORA25003, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Current R., permit term to February 7, 2027
  • OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS LODGE, Van Buren: MORA22211, minor permit, discharging to Current R., permit term to February 7, 2027
  • RYAN'S RIDGE DEVELOPMENT, Van Buren: MORA27955, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Current R., permit term to February 7, 2027
  • VAN BUREN WWTF, Van Buren: MO0099490, minor permit, discharging to Tributary to Current R., permit term to December 31, 2018

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MO0125695 for USNPS BIG SPRING WWTP in Van Buren, MO, held by US National Park Service - ONSR, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a discharger class of 6. The page reports 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit is filed under subwatershed HUC 110100080603.