Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0104281
MCCABE USD MUNICIPAL WWTP, El Centro, CA: NPDES CA0104281 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 154Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MCCABE USD MUNICIPAL WWTP, held by MCCABE USD, holds NPDES permit CA0104281, which discharges to Wildcat Drain (Imperial Valley). EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2007 and expiring September 19, 2012. 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 | MCCABE USD MUNICIPAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MCCABE USD |
| NPDES ID | CA0104281 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 19, 2007 |
| Expiration date | September 19, 2012 |
| Address | El Centro, CA 92243 |
| Receiving water | WILDCAT DRAIN (IMPERIAL VALLEY) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 158Pollutants on file
- 154Under a numeric limit
- 150With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 158 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 14 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Static 96Hr Chronic Selen. Capricornutum | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Asbestos | 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 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 1 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES CA0104281.
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 CA0104281.
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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