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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0130427

LCPWSD #3 HICKORY HILLS WWTP, Lebanon, MO: NPDES MO0130427 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LCPWSD #3 HICKORY HILLS WWTP, held by Laclede Co Pub Water Supply Dist 3, holds NPDES permit MO0130427, which discharges to Tributary To North Cobb Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 13, 2017 and expiring March 31, 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 filedLCPWSD #3 HICKORY HILLS WWTP
Permittee as filedLaclede Co Pub Water Supply Dist 3
NPDES IDMO0130427
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
IssuedJune 13, 2017
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2020
AddressLebanon, MO 65536
Receiving waterTributary to North Cobb Creek
SubwatershedNorth Cobb Creek (HUC 102902010305)

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]615595July 31, 20262,315% over the limit
E. coli28836December 31, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C29732December 31, 2025250% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01812March 31, 201713,250% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal13610December 31, 2025567% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1359April 30, 2022233% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2738April 30, 20253,913% over the limit
pH2580
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2520
Phosphorus, total [as P]2260
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]0160
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]0160
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2100
Nitrogen, total [as N]2100
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
April 2, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 23, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 26, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 25, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
May 30, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
May 30, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 30, 2024Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
December 20, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 26, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 29, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 29, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 29, 2022Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
March 21, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 21, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 26, 2021Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
December 23, 2020Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
September 21, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 23, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 27, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 17, 2018Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
March 21, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
December 26, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
March 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6

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.