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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0246948

CHEMUNG CO ELMIRA SWR DIST BAKER RD WWTP, Chemung, NY: NPDES NY0246948 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHEMUNG CO ELMIRA SWR DIST BAKER RD WWTP, held by CHEMUNG COUNTY, holds NPDES permit NY0246948, which discharges to Chemung R. EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 filedCHEMUNG CO ELMIRA SWR DIST BAKER RD WWTP
Permittee as filedCHEMUNG COUNTY
NPDES IDNY0246948
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
IssuedMay 11, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2021
Issuing agencyNYSDEC
AddressChemung, NY 14904
Receiving waterCHEMUNG R
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDry Brook-Chemung River (HUC 020501050607)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – 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

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
Coliform, fecal general299December 31, 202120,400% over the limit
pH455January 31, 2026
Solids, suspended percent removal144January 31, 2026567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended1633February 28, 2007382% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal133January 31, 2026567% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1611November 30, 201694% over the limit
Solids, settleable211August 31, 2002367% over the limit
Antimony, total recoverable211January 31, 2007639% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3]240
Phosphorus, total [as P]410
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit600
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Cyanide, total [as CN]100
Nickel, total recoverable100
Zinc, total recoverable100
Chromium, total recoverable100
Copper, total recoverable100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NY0246948.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NY0246948 for the CHEMUNG CO ELMIRA SWR DIST BAKER RD WWTP in Chemung, NY, held by CHEMUNG COUNTY and administratively continued. The page lists 17 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.