Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0141208

CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER - ROWE WOODS RECREATION, Milford, OH: NPDES OH0141208 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER - ROWE WOODS RECREATION, held by Cincinnati Nature Center, holds NPDES permit OH0141208, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary To Salt Run. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2021 and expiring August 31, 2026. 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	CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER - ROWE WOODS RECREATION
Permittee as filed	Cincinnati Nature Center
NPDES ID	OH0141208
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 20, 2021
Expiration date	August 31, 2026
Address	Milford, OH 45150
Receiving water	Unnamed tributary to Salt Run
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Salt Run-East Fork Little Miami River (HUC 050902021305)
SIC	8422 – Botanical And Zoological Gardens

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

12Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	64	56	March 31, 2023	2,760% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	21	17	March 31, 2023	300% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	18	14	March 31, 2023	1,625% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF	2	9	7	August 31, 2020	1,821% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	7	6	August 31, 2022	92% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	4	3	June 30, 2020	321% over the limit
Flow rate	2	10	0
Turbidity [severity]	2	10	0
pH	2	2	0
Color, spectrophoto-metric filter	0	2	0
Odor, atmospheric [severity]	0	2	0
Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers	2	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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0141208.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act NPDES permit OH0141208 held by Cincinnati Nature Center for the Cincinnati Nature Center - Rowe Woods Recreation facility in Milford, OH, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary To Salt Run. The permit is listed as Effective and as a Minor discharger, with 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.