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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0028274

PAWHUSKA, CITY OF, Pawhuska, OK: NPDES OK0028274 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PAWHUSKA, CITY OF, held by Pawhuska, City of, holds NPDES permit OK0028274, which discharges to 121300030010 Bird Ck/Verdigris. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2018 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 filedPAWHUSKA, CITY OF
Permittee as filedPawhuska, City of
NPDES IDOK0028274
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
IssuedDecember 6, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
Issuing agencyODEQ
AddressPawhuska, OK 74056
Receiving water121300030010 Bird Ck/Verdigris
SubwatershedBuffalo Creek-Bird Creek (HUC 110701070104)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C310584March 31, 20244,233% over the limit
pH28975December 31, 2022
Solids, total suspended34322August 31, 2020171% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual12416September 30, 20251,112% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general03113December 31, 20184,900% over the limit
E. coli499December 31, 20224,826% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2140

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 12, 2024Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
June 19, 2019Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
June 19, 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 OK0028274, held by Pawhuska, City of, a minor-discharger publicly owned treatment works that discharges to 121300030010 Bird Ck/Verdigris and is administratively continued. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.