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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AK0053724

SPRING CREEK WWTF, Seward, AK: NPDES AK0053724 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPRING CREEK WWTF, held by Doug Schoessler - City of Seward, holds NPDES permit AK0053724. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2022 and expiring April 30, 2027. 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 filedSPRING CREEK WWTF
Permittee as filedDoug Schoessler - City of Seward
NPDES IDAK0053724
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 22, 2022
Expiration dateApril 30, 2027
Issuing agencyAlaska Department of Environmental Conservation
AddressSeward, AK 99664

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]64840July 31, 202693% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C33733November 30, 2021253% over the limit
Solids, total suspended61816June 30, 2024100% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal11616May 31, 2026160% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general31515March 31, 2024192% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]81212May 31, 202638% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal177June 30, 202380% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal055October 31, 2021131% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant242February 28, 202662% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]222June 30, 202448% over the limit
pH211June 30, 2022
Enterococci110
Chlorine, total residual200
Temperature, water deg. centigrade100
Phosphorus, Total100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AK0053724.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.