Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0034614
PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN, MISS SHERIFFS BOY AND GIRLS RANCH, Columbus, MS: NPDES MS0034614 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN, MISS SHERIFFS BOY AND GIRLS RANCH, held by PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN, MISSISSIPPI SHERIFFS BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH, holds NPDES permit MS0034614, which discharges to Motley Slough. EPA’s file records it issued October 10, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN, MISS SHERIFFS BOY AND GIRLS RANCH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN, MISSISSIPPI SHERIFFS BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH |
| NPDES ID | MS0034614 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 10, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Columbus, MS 39703 |
| Receiving water | MOTLEY SLOUGH |
| Subwatershed | Motley Slu-Gilmer Creek (HUC 031601060101) |
| NAICS | 623990 – Other Residential Care Facilities |
| SIC | 8361 – Residential Care |
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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 11 | 7 | December 31, 2016 | 5,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 30 | 2 | December 31, 2016 | 58% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 15 | 1 | December 31, 2008 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 8 | 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 MS0034614.
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.