Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NH0022985
AQUATIC RESEARCH ORGANISMS INC., Hampton, NH: NPDES NH0022985 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AQUATIC RESEARCH ORGANISMS INC., held by AQUATIC RESEARCH ORGANISMS INC, holds NPDES permit NH0022985, which discharges to Taylor River. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2012 and expiring August 31, 2017. 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 | AQUATIC RESEARCH ORGANISMS INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AQUATIC RESEARCH ORGANISMS INC |
| NPDES ID | NH0022985 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 19, 2012 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2017 |
| Address | Hampton, NH 03842 |
| Receiving water | TAYLOR RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Taylor River-Hampton River (HUC 010600031003) |
| SIC | 8734 – Testing Laboratories |
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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 49 | 42 | December 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 24 | 24 | June 30, 1999 | 238% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 18 | 13 | February 28, 2026 | 140% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 13 | 12 | June 30, 2026 | 605% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 7 | 7 | September 30, 1999 | 88% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 6 | November 30, 1999 | 41,233% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 3 | February 29, 2016 | |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 1 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2020 | 150% over the limit |
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 1999 | 29% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 1999 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen sulfide | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | 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 October 14, 2026.