Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NM0023477
FORT SUMNER WWTP, Fort Sumner, NM: NPDES NM0023477 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORT SUMNER WWTP, held by FORT SUMNER, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit NM0023477, which discharges to Pecos River. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. 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 | FORT SUMNER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FORT SUMNER, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | NM0023477 |
| 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 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Address | Fort Sumner, NM 88119 |
| Receiving water | PECOS RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Truchas Creek-Pecos River (HUC 130600030903) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 26With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 408 | 83 | January 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 4 | 72 | 14 | October 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 1 | 165 | 13 | October 31, 2018 | 187% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 165 | 13 | June 30, 2019 | 260% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 722 | 12 | April 30, 2018 | 179% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 733 | 11 | April 30, 2018 | 711,011% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 36 | 6 | September 30, 2005 | 63,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 396 | 4 | December 31, 2018 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 517 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 226 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 66 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 66 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 10 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | EP6 |
| February 1, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | EP6 |
| April 10, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | EP6 |
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.