Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AS0020001
UTULEI SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Pago Pago, AS: NPDES AS0020001 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UTULEI SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, held by AMERICAN SAMOA POWER AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit AS0020001, which discharges to Pago Pago Harbor So Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued October 5, 2001 and expiring October 9, 2006. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | UTULEI SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AMERICAN SAMOA POWER AUTHORITY |
| NPDES ID | AS0020001 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 5, 2001 |
| Expiration date | October 9, 2006 |
| Address | Pago Pago, AS 96799 |
| Receiving water | PAGO PAGO HARBOR SO PACIFIC OCEAN |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 140Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 140With a violation of any kind
- 8With an effluent exceedance
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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 140 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterococci | 0 | 47 | 21 | March 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 2 | 71 | 11 | June 30, 2026 | 172% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 230 | 10 | January 31, 2026 | 95% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, Total | 0 | 42 | 2 | June 30, 2022 | 175% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 34 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 40% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 20 | 2 | July 31, 2016 | 36% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 39 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 5% over the limit |
| Chronic Mthd Fertilization Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static40min S purpuratus | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 221 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 51 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 20Min Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Static 20Min Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan sulfate | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 12 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AS0020001.
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 October 14, 2026.