Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0020842
OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL, Brandon, VT: NPDES VT0020842 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL, held by Otter Valley Union High School, holds NPDES permit VT0020842. EPA’s file records it issued September 21, 2007 and expiring June 30, 2012. 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 | OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Otter Valley Union High School |
| NPDES ID | VT0020842 |
| 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 | September 21, 2007 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2012 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Brandon, VT 05733 |
| Subwatershed | Bresee Mill Brook-Otter Creek (HUC 041504020302) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VTP000561938 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 39 | 9 | February 28, 2025 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 25 | 9 | April 30, 2024 | 165% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 19 | 3 | October 31, 2022 | 170% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 1 | 17 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 108% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 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 VT0020842.
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.