Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0047988
ELY CITY OF STP, Ely, IA: NPDES IA0047988 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELY CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF ELY, holds NPDES permit IA0047988. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | ELY CITY OF STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF ELY |
| NPDES ID | IA0047988 |
| 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 | January 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Ely, IA 52227 |
| Subwatershed | Hoosier Creek (HUC 070802081007) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 111 | 57 | June 30, 2024 | 5,349% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 75 | 29 | January 31, 2025 | 792% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 67 | 8 | June 30, 2016 | 162% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 5 | October 31, 2010 | 1,973% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 32 | 2 | June 30, 2007 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 8 | 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 IA0047988.
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.