Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0001848
DOE RUN - BRUSHY CREEK MINE/MILL, Bunker, MO: NPDES MO0001848 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOE RUN - BRUSHY CREEK MINE/MILL, held by The Doe Run Company, holds NPDES permit MO0001848, which discharges to Lick Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 | DOE RUN - BRUSHY CREEK MINE/MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Doe Run Company |
| NPDES ID | MO0001848 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | July 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Bunker, MO 63629 |
| Receiving water | Lick Creek |
| Subwatershed | Upper West Fork Black River (HUC 110100070101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 452 | 40 | April 30, 2017 | 3,409% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 417 | 31 | August 31, 2020 | 2,366% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 571 | 21 | January 31, 2024 | 146,833% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 11 | 10 | September 30, 2020 | 3,906% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 5 | 4 | September 30, 2020 | 49% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 62 | 3 | August 31, 2018 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 278 | 2 | August 31, 2020 | 37% over the limit |
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 34 | 2 | April 30, 2009 | 317% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 352 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 0 | 110 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorides + Sulfates | 2 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| March 12, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 12, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
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.