Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CT0024759
PL 612 WHEELERS FARMS LIMITED, Milford, CT: NPDES CT0024759 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 44Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PL 612 WHEELERS FARMS LIMITED holds NPDES permit CT0024759, which discharges to Housatonic River. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 | PL 612 WHEELERS FARMS LIMITED |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PL 612 WHEELERS FARMS LIMITED |
| NPDES ID | CT0024759 |
| 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 |
| Issued | June 20, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Milford, CT 06460 |
| Receiving water | HOUSATONIC RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Housatonic River-Frontal Long Island Sound (HUC 011000051302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 47Pollutants on file
- 44Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 74 | 74 | September 30, 2023 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 25 | 23 | March 31, 2026 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 24 | 22 | March 31, 2025 | 400% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 18 | 15 | November 30, 2019 | 70% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 9 | September 30, 2023 | |
| E. coli | 2 | 5 | 5 | June 30, 2019 | 1,440% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 9 | 4 | November 30, 2019 | 47% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, fixed, % of total solids | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, volatile % of total solids | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, percent | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| June 17, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
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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