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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0061859

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY - NEAL SOUTH ENERGY CTR, Salix, IA: NPDES IA0061859 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY - NEAL SOUTH ENERGY CTR, held by MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY, holds NPDES permit IA0061859. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2029. 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 filedMIDAMERICAN ENERGY - NEAL SOUTH ENERGY CTR
Permittee as filedMIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
NPDES IDIA0061859
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 1, 2024
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2029
Issuing agencySTA
AddressSalix, IA 51052
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBacon Creek-Missouri River (HUC 102300010305)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant02020November 30, 2005185% over the limit
pH682July 31, 2026
Solids, total suspended1842February 28, 201426% over the limit
Oil & Grease631September 30, 200131% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual080
Iron, total [as Fe]240
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit4800
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]100

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 IA0061859.

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.