Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0081213
BEAR VALLEY WWTF, Tehachapi, CA: NPDES CA0081213 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 160Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEAR VALLEY WWTF, held by Bear Valley CSD, holds NPDES permit CA0081213, which discharges to Sycamore Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2008 and expiring July 31, 2013. 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 | BEAR VALLEY WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Bear Valley CSD |
| NPDES ID | CA0081213 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 31, 2008 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2013 |
| Address | Tehachapi, CA 93561 |
| Receiving water | SYCAMORE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sycamore Canyon (HUC 180300030601) |
| 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
- 166Pollutants on file
- 160Under a numeric limit
- 22With 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 166 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 54 | 40 | December 31, 2020 | 47,173% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 21 | 19 | April 30, 2022 | 81,718% over the limit |
| Boron, total recoverable | 1 | 10 | 7 | March 31, 2021 | 29,900% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 0 | 14 | 6 | April 30, 2022 | 1,300% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2019 | |
| Specific conductance | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, acid soluble | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glyphosate, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| % Survival Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbonate ion- [as CO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, total [as PO4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 0 | 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 CA0081213.
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.