Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0025518
NEBO POWER PLANT (NPP), Payson, UT: NPDES UT0025518 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEBO POWER PLANT (NPP), held by PAYSON POWER PROJECT, holds NPDES permit UT0025518, which discharges to Beer Creek And Then Benjamin Slough. EPA’s file records it issued March 23, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 | NEBO POWER PLANT (NPP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PAYSON POWER PROJECT |
| NPDES ID | UT0025518 |
| 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 | March 23, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | Utah DEQ Division of Water Quality |
| Address | Payson, UT 84651 |
| Receiving water | BEER CREEK AND THEN BENJAMIN SLOUGH |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Beer Creek (HUC 160202020603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 13 | 11 | November 30, 2017 | 300% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 10 | December 31, 2022 | 1,170% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 9 | January 31, 2021 | |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 8 | 6 | April 30, 2021 | 827% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 9 | 5 | February 28, 2025 | 14,696% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 6 | 5 | April 30, 2023 | 939% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 1 | 6 | 5 | April 30, 2024 | 20% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 1 | 3 | 2 | July 31, 2016 | 7% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 6 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 31% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 1 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 130% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as NO2] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, summer [deg. C] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, summer [deg. F] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 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 UT0025518.
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.