Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0100498
BENSON, Benson, VT: NPDES VT0100498 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BENSON, held by Town of Benson, holds NPDES permit VT0100498. EPA’s file records it issued November 10, 2006 and expiring December 31, 2011. 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 | BENSON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Benson |
| NPDES ID | VT0100498 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 10, 2006 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2011 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Benson, VT 05731 |
| Subwatershed | Hubbardton River (HUC 041504010306) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 4 | 4 | February 28, 2013 | 47% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 7 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 54% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 1 | 3 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 2,108% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 7 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 29% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 217% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 VT0100498.
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.