Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0100021
BENNINGTON, Bennington, VT: NPDES VT0100021 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BENNINGTON, held by Town of Bennington, holds NPDES permit VT0100021. EPA’s file records it issued November 29, 2011 and expiring September 30, 2016. 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 | BENNINGTON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Bennington |
| NPDES ID | VT0100021 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 29, 2011 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Bennington, VT 05201 |
| Subwatershed | Walloomsac River (HUC 020200030704) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VTR000509794; ICIS-AIR source VT0000005000300016 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 18 | 16 | April 30, 2024 | 27% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 1 | 11 | 8 | August 31, 2024 | 44% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 20 | 3 | October 31, 2023 | |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 3 | 11 | 3 | August 31, 2021 | 3,017% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 45 | 2 | October 31, 2019 | 9% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 44 | 1 | November 30, 2018 | 476% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 15 | 1 | August 31, 2007 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 10 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 24% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 46% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Septage discharged to treatment fac. | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 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 VT0100021.
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.