Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NH0100153
LITTLETON TOWN OF, Littleton, NH: NPDES NH0100153 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LITTLETON TOWN OF holds NPDES permit NH0100153, which discharges to Ammonoosuc River. EPA’s file records it issued September 2, 2009 and expiring October 31, 2014. 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 | LITTLETON TOWN OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LITTLETON TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | NH0100153 |
| 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 | September 2, 2009 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2014 |
| Address | Littleton, NH 03561 |
| Receiving water | AMMONOOSUC RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Baker Brook-Ammonoosuc River (HUC 010801030403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 39 | 32 | October 31, 2020 | 82% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 17 | 14 | December 31, 2024 | 58% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 7 | 7 | October 31, 2025 | 6,060% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 4 | October 31, 2002 | |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 0 | 5 | 4 | September 30, 2006 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 4 | 3 | April 30, 2026 | 248% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 3 | 10 | 2 | December 31, 2018 | 203% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 4 | 2 | March 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 10 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | 142% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 1% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, tot calc. [Ca, Mg, Fe] as CaC03 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| November 10, 2023 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | EP6 |
| April 4, 2023 | PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] | EP6 |
| March 29, 2023 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | EP6 |
| January 30, 2023 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | EP6 |
| January 16, 2023 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | EP6 |
| September 27, 2022 | PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] | EP6 |
| September 21, 2022 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | EP6 |
| May 19, 2022 | Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | 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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