Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0048828
SCOTTS VALLEY WWTF, Scotts Valley, CA: NPDES CA0048828 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 103Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SCOTTS VALLEY WWTF, held by SCOTTS VALLEY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit CA0048828, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued September 7, 2007 and expiring October 27, 2012. 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 | SCOTTS VALLEY WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SCOTTS VALLEY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | CA0048828 |
| 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 | September 7, 2007 |
| Expiration date | October 27, 2012 |
| Address | Scotts Valley, CA 95066 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CAD981974140 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 104Pollutants on file
- 103Under a numeric limit
- 93With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 104 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 1 | 22 | 6 | June 30, 2026 | 60% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 1 | 19 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2012 | 804% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 42 | 3 | October 31, 2017 | 49% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2022 | 339% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 5 | 3 | 1 | February 29, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 3 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2021 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2010 | 547% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TCDD equivalents | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Radioactivity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodiphenylamine | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 1 | 1 | 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 CA0048828.
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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