Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0004391
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. OAKLAND STATION, Oakland, IA: NPDES IA0004391 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. OAKLAND STATION, held by NORTHERN NATURAL GAS, holds NPDES permit IA0004391. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 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 filed | NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. OAKLAND STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTHERN NATURAL GAS |
| NPDES ID | IA0004391 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Oakland, IA 51560 |
| Subwatershed | Jordan Creek (HUC 102400020301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 12 | 4 | June 30, 2014 | 300% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 6 | 1 | November 30, 2011 | 236% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 0 | 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 IA0004391.
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.