Town of Homer- Wastewater Treatment Plant

NPDES permit LA0038521 · Major POTW · administratively continued, expires 2025-10-31 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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This permit expired on 2025-10-31 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

27values over a limit
7required values missing, on 7 form(s)
8of 37 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-07-31. Most often over: Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] (11), Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas (6), Mercury, total [as Hg] (4).

Reporting

Reports are due about 15 days after each monitoring period ends (read off this permit's own late-day counts in EPA's filings).

Limits in force (65)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001Oxygen, dissolved [DO]MO AV MN >= 5 mg/L all year
001pHINST MIN >= 6 SU all year
001pHINST MAX <= 8.5 SU all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 15 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 23 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 168 lb/d all year
001Nitrogen, total [as N]MO AVG report only all year
001Nitrogen, total [as N]WKLY AVG report only all year
001Nitrogen, total [as N]MO AVG report only all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]MO AVG <= 4 mg/L all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]WKLY AVG <= 8 mg/L all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]MO AVG <= 45 lb/d all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO AVG report only all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]WKLY AVG report only all year
001Phosphorus, total [as P]MO AVG report only all year
001Cyanide, total [as CN]MO AVG report only all year
001Cyanide, total [as CN]DAILY MX report only all year
001Cyanide, total [as CN]MO AVG <= .044 lb/d all year
001Cyanide, total [as CN]DAILY MX <= .104 lb/d all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]MO AVG report only all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX report only all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]MO AVG <= .068 lb/d all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX <= .161 lb/d all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]MO AVG report only all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX report only all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]MO AVG <= .58 lb/d all year
001Zinc, total [as Zn]DAILY MX <= 1.378 lb/d all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO AVG report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantWKLY AVG report only all year
001Chlorine, total residualDAILY MX < .033 mg/L all year
001Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia7 DA MIN >= 95 % all year
001Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubiaMO AV MN >= 95 % all year
001Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas7 DA MIN >= 95 % all year
001Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelasMO AV MN >= 95 % all year
001Solids, total dissolvedMO AVG report only all year
001Solids, total dissolvedWKLY AVG report only all year
001Solids, total dissolvedMO AVG <= 3313 lb/d all year
001Solids, total dissolvedWKLY AVG <= 7885 lb/d all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]MO AVG report only all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]DAILY MX report only all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]MO AVG <= .0003 lb/d all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]DAILY MX <= .0007 lb/d all year
001Coliform, fecal generalMOAV GEO <= 200 #/100mL all year
001Coliform, fecal generalWE <= 400 #/100mL all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG <= 10 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]WKLY AVG <= 15 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]MO AVG <= 112 lb/d all year
001Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia7 DA MIN report only all year
001Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaMO AV MN report only all year
001Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas7 DA MIN report only all year
001Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelasMO AV MN report only all year
001Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia7 DA MIN report only all year
001Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaMO AV MN report only all year
001Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas7 DA MIN report only all year
001Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasMO AV MN report only all year
001NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia7 DA MIN report only all year
001NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaMO AV MN report only all year
001NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas7 DA MIN report only all year
001NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasMO AV MN report only all year
001NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia7 DA MIN report only all year
001NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaMO AV MN report only all year
001NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas7 DA MIN report only all year
001NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelasMO AV MN report only all year
001Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubiaMAXIMUM report only all year
001Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelasMAXIMUM report only all year

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