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NPDES permit ID0000167 · Minor NON-POTW · administratively continued, expires 1995-03-13 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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This permit expired on 1995-03-13 and is administratively continued: its last limits keep applying until a new permit is issued, and EPA still expects the reports.

EPA's record, 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31

1values over a limit
0required values missing, on 0 form(s)
4of 48 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-08-31. Most often over: pH (1).

Reporting

Reports are due about 10 days after each monitoring period ends (read off this permit's own late-day counts in EPA's filings).

Limits in force (65)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
001pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
001pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
001pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
001Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 20 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 20 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 30 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 30 mg/L all year
001Cadmium, total [as Cd]30DA AVG <= .05 mg/L all year
001Cadmium, total [as Cd]DAILY MX <= .1 mg/L all year
001Cadmium, total [as Cd]DAILY MX <= .054 mg/L all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]30DA AVG <= .15 mg/L all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]30DA AVG <= .15 mg/L all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX <= .3 mg/L all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX <= .3 mg/L all year
001Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY MX <= .486 mg/L all year
001Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY MX <= .126 mg/L all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]30DA AVG <= .75 mg/L all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]30DA AVG <= .6 mg/L all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX <= 1.5 mg/L all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX <= 1.2 mg/L all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant30DA AVG report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant30DA AVG report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]30DA AVG <= .001 mg/L all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]30DA AVG <= .001 mg/L all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]DAILY MX <= .002 mg/L all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]DAILY MX <= .002 mg/L all year
002pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
002pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
002pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
002pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
002Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 20 mg/L all year
002Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 20 mg/L all year
002Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 30 mg/L all year
002Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 30 mg/L all year
002Cadmium, total [as Cd]30DA AVG <= .05 mg/L all year
002Cadmium, total [as Cd]30DA AVG <= .05 mg/L all year
002Cadmium, total [as Cd]DAILY MX <= .1 mg/L all year
002Cadmium, total [as Cd]DAILY MX <= .1 mg/L all year
002Copper, total [as Cu]30DA AVG <= .15 mg/L all year
002Copper, total [as Cu]30DA AVG <= .15 mg/L all year
002Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX <= .3 mg/L all year
002Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX <= .3 mg/L all year
002Lead, total [as Pb]30DA AVG <= .3 mg/L all year
002Lead, total [as Pb]30DA AVG <= .3 mg/L all year
002Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY MX <= .6 mg/L all year
002Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY MX <= .6 mg/L all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]30DA AVG <= 1.6 mg/L all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]30DA AVG <= .75 mg/L all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX <= 2 mg/L all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX <= 1.5 mg/L all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]30DA AVG report only all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]A1 report only all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX report only all year
002Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX report only all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant30DA AVG report only all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant30DA AVG report only all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
002Mercury, total [as Hg]30DA AVG <= .001 mg/L all year
002Mercury, total [as Hg]30DA AVG <= .001 mg/L all year
002Mercury, total [as Hg]DAILY MX <= .002 mg/L all year
002Mercury, total [as Hg]DAILY MX <= .002 mg/L all year

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