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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0028045

ALTUS, CITY OF - SW WDS, Altus, OK: NPDES OK0028045 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALTUS, CITY OF - SW WDS, held by Altus, City of(SW WDS), holds NPDES permit OK0028045, which discharges to 311600 Bitter Ck/Trib/Salt Fork/Red. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedALTUS, CITY OF - SW WDS
Permittee as filedAltus, City of(SW WDS)
NPDES IDOK0028045
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
IssuedAugust 1, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2024
Issuing agencyODEQ
AddressAltus, OK 73521
Receiving water311600 Bitter Ck/Trib/Salt Fork/Red

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C64925January 31, 2020160% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4256July 31, 20192,147,483,650% over the limit
pH2226July 31, 2019
Solids, total suspended6262April 30, 200139% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1112March 31, 201778% over the limit
Chloride, dissolved in water1100
E. coli240

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
July 1, 2019Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
June 1, 2019Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6

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 OK0028045, held by Altus, City of(SW WDS) for ALTUS, CITY OF - SW WDS in Altus, OK, which discharges to 311600 Bitter Ck/Trib/Salt Fork/Red. The permit is administratively continued, classed as a Minor Discharger, and lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.