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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MORA21997

FESTUS AGRICULTURAL POND, Festus, MO: NPDES MORA21997 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FESTUS AGRICULTURAL POND, held by Robert McLaughlin, holds NPDES permit MORA21997, which discharges to Tributary To Buck Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 7, 2022 and expiring February 7, 2027. 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 filedFESTUS AGRICULTURAL POND
Permittee as filedRobert McLaughlin
NPDES IDMORA21997
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedJuly 7, 2022
Expiration dateFebruary 7, 2027
AddressFestus, MO 63028
Receiving waterTributary to Buck Creek
SubwatershedMiddle Joachim Creek (HUC 071401010802)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MORA21997.

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
August 22, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 22, 2022WW Storm Water Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMPST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.