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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0027979

CENTRAL CITY CITY OF STP, Central City, IA: NPDES IA0027979 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CENTRAL CITY CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF CENTRAL CITY, holds NPDES permit IA0027979. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 filedCENTRAL CITY CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF CENTRAL CITY
NPDES IDIA0027979
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 1, 2017
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2022
Issuing agencySTA
AddressCentral City, IA 52214
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeatons Creek-Wapsipinicon River (HUC 070801021002)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]60192185September 30, 2022443% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]42614November 30, 202561% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual877October 31, 2018343% over the limit
Solids, total suspended9275March 31, 2013120% over the limit
pH5125January 31, 2026
Coliform, fecal general0121August 31, 200990% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0027979.

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.