Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0020362
FOREST POTW, Forest, MS: NPDES MS0020362 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOREST POTW holds NPDES permit MS0020362, which discharges to Gordy Branch Then Futchs Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025. 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 | FOREST POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOREST POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0020362 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 19, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Forest, MS 39074 |
| Receiving water | GORDY BRANCH THEN FUTCHS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Hontokalo Creek (HUC 031800010904) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 11 | 11 | February 28, 2015 | 1,054% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 18 | 10 | July 31, 2026 | 65% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 3 | 12 | 9 | January 31, 2007 | 168% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 6 | November 30, 2013 | 1,375% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters | 0 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2009 | 1,054% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 5 | 5 | February 28, 2006 | 392% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 7 | 3 | November 30, 2014 | 142% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 3 | 5 | 2 | October 31, 2009 | 69% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2015 | 106% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | 2% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge settleability 30 minute | 2 | 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 MS0020362.
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.