Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0093505
HIGBEE WWTF, Higbee, MO: NPDES MO0093505 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HIGBEE WWTF, held by City of Higbee, holds NPDES permit MO0093505, which discharges to Salt Fk.. EPA’s file records it issued November 5, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HIGBEE WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Higbee |
| NPDES ID | MO0093505 |
| 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 | November 5, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | MODNR-Water Protection Program |
| Address | Higbee, MO 65257 |
| Receiving water | Salt Fk. |
| Subwatershed | Salt Fork (HUC 103001020201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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, suspended percent removal | 0 | 6 | 3 | June 30, 2022 | 129% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 48 | 2 | March 31, 2022 | 68% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 45 | 2 | September 30, 2012 | 31% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 1 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| March 29, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 29, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| November 16, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 30, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | 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 15, 2026.