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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0065242

OAK LAKE MAINTENANCE, INC., Algona, IA: NPDES IA0065242 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OAK LAKE MAINTENANCE, INC., held by OAK LAKE MAINTENANCE, INC, holds NPDES permit IA0065242. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 filedOAK LAKE MAINTENANCE, INC.
Permittee as filedOAK LAKE MAINTENANCE, INC
NPDES IDIA0065242
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 1, 2015
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2020
Issuing agencySTA
AddressAlgona, IA 50511
SubwatershedOak Lake-East Fork Des Moines River (HUC 071000030604)

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]483030August 31, 2021651% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]41612February 29, 2024149% over the limit
Solids, total suspended9206April 30, 202268% over the limit
E. coli011August 31, 2024347% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]2100
pH240
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]300

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 IA0065242.

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.