Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0031054

PANAMA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, Panama, OK: NPDES OK0031054 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PANAMA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, held by Panama PWA, holds NPDES permit OK0031054, which discharges to 220100010010_00 Poteau River. EPA’s file records it issued September 4, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023.

PANAMA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, Panama, Oklahoma: Individual permit OK0031054, held by Panama PWA; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 4, 2018, term to September 30, 2023, by ODEQ; discharges to 220100010010_00 Poteau River.

pH: 2 limits, 83 violations of any kind, 41 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2026.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 99 violations of any kind, 36 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 289% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 71 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 193% over the limit.
E. coli: 8 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2025, largest 176% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 27, 2021: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).
August 2, 2021: Monitoring Violations - No Flow Measurement Device (ST6).

Oklahoma holds 197 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 116 were issued before OK0031054.

Coverages issued nearest OK0031054

May 1, 2018: HAWORTH WWT, Haworth, OK0100650, held by Town of Haworth
May 2, 2018: COLLINSVILLE, CITY OF, Collinsville, OK0027375, held by Collinsville, City of
May 11, 2018: CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, Chandler, OK0027120, held by Chandler Municipal Authority
August 17, 2018: WRIGHT CITY PWA, Mccurtain County, OK0032387, held by Wright City, Town of (PWA)
September 4, 2018: KIEFER PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, Kiefer, OK0028771, held by Kiefer PWA
September 14, 2018: HULBERT PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, Hulbert, OK0032328, held by Hulbert PWA
October 15, 2018: FREDERICK, CITY OF - IND PARK, Frederick, OK0027189, held by Frederick, City of (Industrial Park)
October 15, 2018: TALIHINA PWA, Talihina, OK0028380, held by Talihina PWA
November 13, 2018: KEOTA PWA, Keota, OK0031186, held by Keota PWA
November 15, 2018: PERRY, CITY OF, Perry, OK0027448, held by Perry, City of - WTF

PANAMA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Coal Creek-Poteau River subwatershed (HUC 111101050902), OK0031054 among them. Its county holds 21, 1 of them major permits; OK0031054 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	PANAMA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY
Permittee as filed	Panama PWA
NPDES ID	OK0031054
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	September 4, 2018
Expiration date	September 30, 2023
Issuing agency	ODEQ
Address	Panama, OK 74951
Receiving water	220100010010_00 Poteau River
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Coal Creek-Poteau River (HUC 111101050902)

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
4With 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
pH	2	83	41	January 31, 2026
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	99	36	July 31, 2026	289% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	71	8	February 28, 2026	193% over the limit
E. coli	8	8	4	August 31, 2025	176% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	42	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 27, 2021	Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass	ST6
August 2, 2021	Monitoring Violations - No Flow Measurement Device	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES OK0031054.

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 OK0031054.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES OK0031054, held by PANAMA PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY in Panama, OK, which discharges to 220100010010_00 Poteau River. The permit is administratively continued, with 5 as its discharger class and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, against 4 pollutants under a numeric limit.