Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0022039
CHARLES CITY, CITY OF STP, Charles City, IA: NPDES IA0022039 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHARLES CITY, CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF CHARLES CITY, holds NPDES permit IA0022039. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2021 and expiring May 31, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CHARLES CITY, CITY OF STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF CHARLES CITY |
| NPDES ID | IA0022039 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Charles City, IA 50616 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bloody Run-Cedar River (HUC 070802011005) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 12 | 12 | June 30, 2014 | 116% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 11 | 19 | 7 | October 31, 2019 | 164% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 35 | 4 | April 30, 2016 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 17 | 32 | 1 | May 31, 2013 | 7% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | November 30, 2022 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 288 | 18 | 0 | ||
| pH | 9 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 3 | 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 IA0022039.
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 14, 2026.