Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0147516

LORAIN, CITY OF, Lorain, OH: NPDES OH0147516 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

LORAIN, CITY OF, held by City of Lorain, holds NPDES permit OH0147516, which discharges to Black River. EPA’s file records it issued October 28, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	LORAIN, CITY OF
Permittee as filed	City of Lorain
NPDES ID	OH0147516
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	October 28, 2016
Expiration date	November 30, 2021
Address	Lorain, OH 44055
Receiving water	Black River
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Black River (HUC 041100010602)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
7With 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.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	1	5	4	February 28, 2018	273% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	3	1	September 30, 2017	85% over the limit
pH	1	2	1	February 28, 2018
Flow rate	2	2	0
Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD]	2	2	0
Solids, total suspended	2	2	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	2	0
Selenium, total recoverable	2	0	0
Barium, total recoverable	2	0	0
Nickel, total recoverable	2	0	0
Zinc, total recoverable	2	0	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	2	0	0
Lead, total recoverable	2	0	0
Chromium, total recoverable	2	0	0
Copper, total recoverable	2	0	0
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]	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 OH0147516.

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 September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit OH0147516, held by City of Lorain for LORAIN, CITY OF in Lorain, OH, which discharges to the Black River (HUC 041100010602). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 16 pollutants on file, 16 under a numeric limit, 7 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.