Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0100153
BURLINGTON MAIN, Burlington, VT: NPDES VT0100153 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BURLINGTON MAIN, held by City of Burlington, holds NPDES permit VT0100153. EPA’s file records it issued April 28, 2005 and expiring June 30, 2010. 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 | BURLINGTON MAIN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Burlington |
| NPDES ID | VT0100153 |
| 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 | April 28, 2005 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Burlington, VT 05402 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lake Champlain (HUC 041504081604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 2 | 30 | 19 | December 31, 2023 | 58% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 35 | 13 | March 31, 2026 | 150% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 35 | 12 | July 31, 2025 | 17,562% over the limit |
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 21 | 9 | July 31, 2025 | 30% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 16 | 5 | December 31, 2023 | 8,100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 71 | 4 | February 28, 2022 | 82% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 24 | 2 | November 30, 2024 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 13 | 2 | November 30, 2024 | 39% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| July 17, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 29, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 23, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 19, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| May 31, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| March 31, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| February 25, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
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.