Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0006017
SCOTIA WWTF, Scotia, CA: NPDES CA0006017 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 144Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SCOTIA WWTF, held by SCOTIA, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit CA0006017, which discharges to Eel River. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2006 and expiring September 30, 2011. 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 filed | SCOTIA WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SCOTIA, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | CA0006017 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 29, 2006 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2011 |
| Address | Scotia, CA 95565 |
| Receiving water | EEL RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Monument Creek-Eel River (HUC 180101051002) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 146Pollutants on file
- 144Under a numeric limit
- 136With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 146 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 149 | 16 | February 28, 2026 | 7,233% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 150 | 6 | November 30, 2024 | |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2017 | 900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 21 | 2 | February 28, 2017 | 182% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2017 | 2,350% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 13 | 210 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 114 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Asbestos | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan sulfate | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 8 | 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 CA0006017.
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 15, 2026.