Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0000051
JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS, Dubuque, IA: NPDES IA0000051 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS holds NPDES permit IA0000051. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019. 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 | JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS |
| NPDES ID | IA0000051 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 1, 2014 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Dubuque, IA 52004 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Little Maquoketa River (HUC 070600030604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 0 | 40 | 10 | June 30, 2026 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 36 | 9 | July 31, 2010 | 77% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 8% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 26 | 2 | July 31, 2014 | 152% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 18 | 2 | March 31, 2011 | 164% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 18 | 2 | September 30, 2004 | 50% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 14 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 20% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 0 | 2 | 1 | August 31, 2008 | 9% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2010 | 35% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 4 | 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 IA0000051.
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.