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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0129992

BULLWINKLES RUSTIC LODGE WWTF, Poplar Bluff, MO: NPDES MO0129992 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BULLWINKLES RUSTIC LODGE WWTF, held by Mike Bridges, holds NPDES permit MO0129992, which discharges to Tributary To Ditch To Black R.. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 filedBULLWINKLES RUSTIC LODGE WWTF
Permittee as filedMike Bridges
NPDES IDMO0129992
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
IssuedJuly 20, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
AddressPoplar Bluff, MO 63901
Receiving waterTributary to Ditch to Black R.
SubwatershedCatherine Slough (HUC 110100070802)
SIC5813 – Drinking Places

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]84537June 30, 20253,614% over the limit
E. coli22519June 30, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2135March 31, 2022144% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2124March 31, 2026220% over the limit
pH2111December 31, 2018
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2120

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 2, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 30, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 28, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 31, 2024Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
January 31, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 31, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 31, 2024Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
January 31, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 28, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 31, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
February 25, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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 MO0129992 for the BULLWINKLES RUSTIC LODGE WWTF in Poplar Bluff, MO, with its permit status listed as administratively continued. The page reports 6 in the Minor Discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's dates are listed as issued July 20, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024.