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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0022535

SPENCER, CITY OF, Jones, OK: NPDES OK0022535 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPENCER, CITY OF, held by Spencer, City of, holds NPDES permit OK0022535, which discharges to 520520 N Canadian R. EPA’s file records it issued June 14, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.

SPENCER, CITY OF, Jones, Oklahoma: Individual permit OK0022535, held by Spencer, City of; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 14, 2021, term to June 30, 2026, by ODEQ; discharges to 520520 N Canadian R.

  • E. coli: 4 limits, 43 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2025, largest 3,595% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2016, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 25 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2021, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 64 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2023, largest 42% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2021.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 63 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 7, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Oklahoma holds 197 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 180 were issued before OK0022535.

Coverages issued nearest OK0022535

SPENCER, CITY OF among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Silver Creek-North Canadian River subwatershed (HUC 111003020107), OK0022535 among them. Its county holds 30, 9 of them major permits; OK0022535 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Silver Creek-North Canadian River subwatershed (HUC 111003020107)

  • JONES CITY MS4, Jones: OKR040048, minor permit, discharging to North Canadian River, permit term to October 31, 2020
  • JONES PWA, Jones: OK0030996, minor permit, discharging to 52052000010_10 N Canadian R, permit term to August 31, 2026
  • NORTH CANADIAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT, Jones: OK0036978, major permit, discharging to 520520000010_10 North Canadian River, permit term to November 30, 2021
  • STRUCTURAL AND STEEL PRODUCTS, Crowley: TXR05GS15, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026

Identity

Facility as filedSPENCER, CITY OF
Permittee as filedSpencer, City of
NPDES IDOK0022535
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 14, 2021
Expiration dateJune 30, 2026
Issuing agencyODEQ
AddressJones, OK 73049
Receiving water520520 N Canadian R
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSilver Creek-North Canadian River (HUC 111003020107)

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
E. coli44321September 30, 20253,595% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general02012June 30, 201699,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1258August 31, 202199,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3647March 31, 202342% over the limit
pH2497April 30, 2021
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3630
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2400

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OK0022535.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 7, 2026EvaluationS

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 OK0022535.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The page covers NPDES permit OK0022535 for SPENCER, CITY OF in Jones, OK, which is a Minor Discharger class 6 facility. It lists 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.