Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0128716

BATES CITY WWTF, Bates City, MO: NPDES MO0128716 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BATES CITY WWTF, held by City of Bates City, holds NPDES permit MO0128716, which discharges to Tributary To E. Fk. Sni-A-Bar Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued May 22, 2024 and expiring May 31, 2029. 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	BATES CITY WWTF
Permittee as filed	City of Bates City
NPDES ID	MO0128716
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 22, 2024
Expiration date	May 31, 2029
Address	Bates City, MO 64011
Receiving water	Tributary to E. Fk. Sni-a-bar Cr.
Subwatershed	East Fork Sni-A-Bar Creek (HUC 103001010505)
SIC	4952 – 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

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With 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
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	8	4	March 31, 2022	275% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	8	2	March 31, 2022	89% over the limit
pH	2	5	1	December 31, 2021
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	6	0
Solids, total suspended	3	6	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	6	0
E. coli	2	4	0
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	2	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	2	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

4Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 26, 2022	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6
September 20, 2022	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
March 29, 2022	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
February 25, 2021	Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)	ST6

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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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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MO0128716 for the BATES CITY WWTF in Bates City, MO, held by the City of Bates City, with its status and dates as EPA's permit file stood on October 14, 2026. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, 9 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.