Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0028495
AMES, TOWN OF, Ames, OK: NPDES OK0028495 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMES, TOWN OF holds NPDES permit OK0028495, which discharges to 620910020010 Hoyle Creek Unmd Trib. EPA’s file records it issued January 21, 2003 and expiring January 31, 2008. 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 filed | AMES, TOWN OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AMES, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | OK0028495 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 21, 2003 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2008 |
| Address | Ames, OK 73718 |
| Receiving water | 620910020010 HOYLE CREEK UNMD TRIB |
| Subwatershed | Lower Hoyle Creek (HUC 110500020306) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 52 | 31 | March 31, 2009 | 1,487% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 47 | 26 | September 30, 2008 | 5,497% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 20 | 4 | March 31, 2009 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 16 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OK0028495.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.