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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0107182

GALENA WWTF, Galena, MO: NPDES MO0107182 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GALENA WWTF, held by City of Galena, holds NPDES permit MO0107182, which discharges to Pine Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2021. 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 filedGALENA WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Galena
NPDES IDMO0107182
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 17, 2017
Expiration dateJune 30, 2021
AddressGalena, MO 65656
Receiving waterPine Run
SubwatershedPine Run-James River (HUC 110100020508)

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]46343June 30, 20261,535% over the limit
Aluminum, total recoverable23424November 30, 2020372% over the limit
E. coli21313June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]22212February 28, 202687% over the limit
pH2199March 31, 2017
Solids, total suspended2155July 31, 2018377% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal173January 31, 202420% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general022October 31, 2009350% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2240
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0160
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2100
BOD, 5-day, percent removal140
Iron, total recoverable040
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]110

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 25, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 24, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 10, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 10, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 23, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 5, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 5, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 5, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
April 5, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 21, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 26, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

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.