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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0077682

SACRAMENTO REGIONAL WWTP, Elk Grove, CA: NPDES CA0077682 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SACRAMENTO REGIONAL WWTP, held by Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit CA0077682, which discharges to Sacramento River. EPA’s file records it issued April 21, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. 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 filedSACRAMENTO REGIONAL WWTP
Permittee as filedSacramento Regional County Sanitation District
NPDES IDCA0077682
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 21, 2016
Expiration dateMay 31, 2021
AddressElk Grove, CA 95758
Receiving waterSacramento River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLake Greenhaven-Sacramento River (HUC 180201630701)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler CAT000625624; ICIS-AIR source CASAC0000606700201

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

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 197 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
% Survival Flow Through 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas01715November 30, 2009100% over the limit
% Survival Flow Through 96Hr Acute Oncorhynchus mykiss21414July 31, 2018100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual42810June 30, 20252,147% over the limit
Temperature Increase Deg. F399December 31, 202025% over the limit
Coliform, total general1218June 30, 200799,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]13175October 31, 20159% over the limit
Solids, settleable2164January 31, 2023400% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable253January 31, 202342% over the limit
pH433August 31, 2007
Dichlorobromomethane262September 30, 202115% over the limit
Specific conductance632December 31, 20153% over the limit
Manganese, total recoverable122May 31, 2011218% over the limit
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]2171November 30, 20115,158% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]2131May 31, 2024618% over the limit
Solids, total suspended781August 31, 200679% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit121December 31, 20132% over the limit
Oil and grease1290
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas2260
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2240
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia0180
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]2140
Sodium Bisulfite2120
Dilution factor0120
%Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Oncorhynchus mykiss2100
Methylene chloride280
Carbon tetrachloride260
Dibromochloromethane260
Tetrachloroethylene160
Turbidity060
Solids, total dissolved340
Chloroform140
Methylmercury130
Mercury, total recoverable320
Silver total recoverable120
Zinc, total recoverable120
Lead, total recoverable120
Carbon, dissolved organic [as C]110
Aluminum, total recoverable110
.gamma.-BHC110
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C700
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]200
Sulfur dioxide, total200
TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum)200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]100
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]100
Sulfite [as SO3]100
Sulfide, total [as S]100
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]100
Chloride [as Cl]100
Sulfate, total [as SO4]100
Asbestos100
Fluoride, total [as F]100
Arsenic, total recoverable100
Iron, total recoverable100
Selenium, total recoverable100
Thallium, total recoverable100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CA0077682.

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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