Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CTP002418
NATURAL COUNTRY FARMS, INC., Ellington, CT: NPDES CTP002418 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NATURAL COUNTRY FARMS, INC., held by Natural Country Farms, Inc., holds NPDES permit CTP002418, which discharges to Hockanum River. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2008 and expiring September 30, 2013. 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 | NATURAL COUNTRY FARMS, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Natural Country Farms, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | CTP002418 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 18, 2008 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Ellington, CT 06029 |
| Receiving water | Hockanum River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CTP000034018 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, maximum during 24 hr period | 2 | 37 | 32 | September 30, 2025 | 80% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 15 | 9 | September 30, 2025 | 92% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 19 | 7 | March 31, 2012 | |
| Flow | 2 | 10 | 4 | September 30, 2022 | 13% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 9 | 4 | January 31, 2013 | 17% over the limit |
| pH, minimum | 1 | 6 | 1 | February 28, 2018 | |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil petroleum, total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2026 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.