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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0026921

GOODMAN POTW, Goodman, MS: NPDES MS0026921 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GOODMAN POTW holds NPDES permit MS0026921, which discharges to Directly Into Big Black River. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.

GOODMAN POTW, Goodman, Mississippi: Individual permit MS0026921; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 20, 2018, term to August 31, 2023, by MDEQ; discharges to DIRECTLY INTO BIG BLACK RIVER; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 8 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2022, largest 94% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2015.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 16 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2024, largest 186% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 16 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023, largest 152% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 55 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2024, largest 216% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2024, largest 733% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2019, largest 10% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2020, largest 100% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 1, 2023: Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit (ST6).

Mississippi holds 336 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 178 were issued before MS0026921.

Coverages issued nearest MS0026921

GOODMAN POTW among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Tacketts Creek-Big Black River subwatershed (HUC 080602010904), MS0026921 among them. Its county holds 25, 0 of them major permits; MS0026921 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Tacketts Creek-Big Black River subwatershed (HUC 080602010904)

Identity

Facility as filedGOODMAN POTW
Permittee as filedGOODMAN POTW
NPDES IDMS0026921
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 20, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
Issuing agencyMDEQ
AddressGoodman, MS 39079
Receiving waterDIRECTLY INTO BIG BLACK RIVER
SubwatershedTacketts Creek-Big Black River (HUC 080602010904)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C85713December 31, 202294% over the limit
pH22111December 31, 2015
Solids, suspended percent removal11611December 31, 2024186% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal11610December 31, 2023152% over the limit
Solids, total suspended8559December 31, 2024216% over the limit
E. coli2157December 31, 2024733% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]172December 31, 201910% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2131December 31, 2020100% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4220
Chlorine, total residual2140
Coliform, fecal general080

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 1, 2023Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MS0026921.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MS0026921.

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What this page shows

This page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MS0026921 for GOODMAN POTW in Goodman, MS, an individual, administratively continued permit for a minor publicly owned treatment works that discharges directly into Big Black River. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit's issue date was September 20, 2018 with an expiration date of August 31, 2023.