Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NV0021946
HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT, Hawthorne, NV: NPDES NV0021946 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT, held by HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT, US DEPT ARMY, holds NPDES permit NV0021946. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2011 and expiring March 9, 2016. 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 | HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT, US DEPT ARMY |
| NPDES ID | NV0021946 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date | March 9, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | NDEP |
| Address | Hawthorne, NV 89415 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Alum Creek-Frontal Walker Lake (HUC 160503040203) |
| NAICS | 561210 – Facilities Support Services |
| SIC | 9711 – National Security |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NV5210090010; ICIS-AIR source NV00000032021N0863 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 149Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 149With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 149 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow rate | 28 | 90 | 14 | March 31, 2021 | 90% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 17 | 6 | December 31, 2022 | 478% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 18 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 0% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 34 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Explosives, combined TNT + RDX + tetryl | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Trinitrotoluene [TNT], total | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| RDX, total | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, total petroleum | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Water Elevation | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Asbestos | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 0 | 1 | 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 NV0021946.
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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