Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES DE0051063
HANOVER FOODS, INC., Clayton, DE: NPDES DE0051063 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HANOVER FOODS, INC., held by Hanover Foods, Inc., holds NPDES permit DE0051063. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2013 and expiring March 31, 2018. 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 | HANOVER FOODS, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hanover Foods, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | DE0051063 |
| 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 | April 1, 2013 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2018 |
| Address | Clayton, DE 19938 |
| Subwatershed | Duck Creek (HUC 020402070101) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler DED042406173; ICIS-AIR source DE0000001000100024 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 22 | 20 | March 31, 2026 | 250% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 14 | 10 | December 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 5 | August 31, 2021 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 6 | 2 | July 31, 2019 | 640% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| August 14, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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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