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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0079022

LIVE OAK WWTP, Live Oak, CA: NPDES CA0079022 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LIVE OAK WWTP, held by Live Oak, City of, holds NPDES permit CA0079022, which discharges to Sacramento. EPA’s file records it issued June 10, 2011 and expiring June 1, 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 filedLIVE OAK WWTP
Permittee as filedLive Oak, City of
NPDES IDCA0079022
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 10, 2011
Expiration dateJune 1, 2016
AddressLive Oak, CA 95953
Receiving waterSacramento
SubwatershedGilsizer Slough-Snake River (HUC 180201590400)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 210 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, suspended percent removal15018January 31, 202099,999% over the limit
% Survival Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas21412June 30, 201699% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1419October 31, 201599,999% over the limit
Coliform, total general4668September 30, 201799,999% over the limit
%Surv Static 96Hr Acute Pimphales Promelas2217March 31, 2011100% over the limit
pH41415February 28, 2015
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C122723October 31, 201972% over the limit
Diazinon11303February 28, 2010400% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]71162June 30, 2019129% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable2662September 30, 20122,300% over the limit
Manganese, total recoverable331December 31, 201192% over the limit
Solids, total suspended122830
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant41360
Chlorine, total residual21320
Aluminum, total recoverable41050
Specific conductance4690
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]1640
Solids, total dissolved2610
Turbidity2590
Mercury, total recoverable2590
Solids, settleable0580
Cyanide, total recoverable0580
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit1330
Cadmium, total recoverable2280
.delta.-BHC1190
Endosulfan sulfate1190
.beta.-Endosulfan1190
4,4'-DDT1190
4,4'-DDD1190
Aldrin1190
.beta.-BHC1190
.gamma.-BHC1190
Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites]1190
Dieldrin1190
Endrin1190
Toxaphene1190
Heptachlor1190
Heptachlor epoxide1190
.alpha.-Endosulfan2140
Endrin aldehyde2140
4,4'-DDE2140
.alpha.-BHC2140
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin290
TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum)270
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia270
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas270
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]170
Phosphorus, total [as P]170
Cyanide, total [as CN]170
Sulfite [as SO3]170
Sulfide, total [as S]170
Chloride [as Cl]170
Sulfate, total [as SO4]170
Asbestos170
Fluoride, total [as F]170
Selenium, total recoverable170
Thallium, total recoverable170
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]170
Barium, total recoverable170
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]170

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 CA0079022.

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.