Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0101087
FAIRFAX, Fairfax, VT: NPDES VT0101087 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FAIRFAX, held by Town of Fairfax, holds NPDES permit VT0101087. EPA’s file records it issued May 17, 2005 and expiring September 30, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FAIRFAX |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Fairfax |
| NPDES ID | VT0101087 |
| 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 | May 17, 2005 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Fairfax, VT 05454 |
| Subwatershed | Lamoille River (HUC 041504050306) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 78 | 16 | September 30, 2025 | 59% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 172 | 10 | May 31, 2025 | 107% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 1 | 39 | 7 | March 31, 2025 | 2,480% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 39 | 6 | June 30, 2025 | 400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 167 | 5 | May 31, 2025 | 142% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 68 | 4 | February 28, 2025 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 33 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 160% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VT0101087.
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 October 14, 2026.