Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0024694
HICKORY FLAT POTW, Hickory Flat, MS: NPDES MS0024694 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HICKORY FLAT POTW holds NPDES permit MS0024694, which discharges to Directly Into Oaklimiter Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. 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 | HICKORY FLAT POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HICKORY FLAT POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0024694 |
| 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 | April 25, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Hickory Flat, MS 38633 |
| Receiving water | DIRECTLY INTO OAKLIMITER CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Oaklimeter Creek (HUC 080302010602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 65 | 9 | December 31, 2024 | 137% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 28 | 8 | December 31, 2024 | 81% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 30 | 6 | December 31, 2018 | 6,000% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 19 | 6 | December 31, 2025 | 36% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 17 | 3 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 8 | 3 | December 31, 2025 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 54 | 2 | December 31, 2016 | 425% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 14 | 2 | December 31, 2016 | 46% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2020 | 221% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 8 | 1 | December 31, 2008 | 24% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2024 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | 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.