Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0024686
RICHTON POTW, Richton, MS: NPDES MS0024686 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RICHTON POTW holds NPDES permit MS0024686, which discharges to Thompson Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 14, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 | RICHTON POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RICHTON POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0024686 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 14, 2016 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Richton, MS 39476 |
| Receiving water | THOMPSON CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Pine Branch-Thompson Creek (HUC 031700050705) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 8 | 43 | 19 | September 30, 2015 | 390% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 32 | 8 | September 30, 2015 | 180% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 14 | 8 | March 31, 2016 | 542% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 10 | 7 | June 30, 2025 | 43% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 12 | 6 | September 30, 2015 | 3,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 5 | June 30, 2025 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 5 | September 30, 2015 | 103% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 15 | 1 | March 31, 2005 | 13% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 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 MS0024686.
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.