Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0004898
LAKE ROAD GENERATING STATION, St Joseph, MO: NPDES MO0004898 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAKE ROAD GENERATING STATION, held by Evergy, Inc., holds NPDES permit MO0004898, which discharges to Tributary To Missouri R.. 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 | LAKE ROAD GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Evergy, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | MO0004898 |
| 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 | St Joseph, MO 64504 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Missouri R. |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Roys Branch-Missouri River (HUC 102400110103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 6 | 7 | 7 | November 30, 2024 | 108% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2022 | 174% over the limit |
| Thermal Discharge | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [TKN] [water] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MO0004898.
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.