Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NJ0029831
FRENCHTOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Frenchtown Boro, NJ: NPDES NJ0029831 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FRENCHTOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by FRENCHTOWN BORO, holds NPDES permit NJ0029831. EPA’s file records it issued June 16, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 | FRENCHTOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FRENCHTOWN BORO |
| NPDES ID | NJ0029831 |
| 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 | June 16, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Address | Frenchtown Boro, NJ 08825 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Harihokake Creek-Delaware River (HUC 020401050904) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 7 | 5 | May 31, 2025 | 248% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 23 | 3 | February 28, 2018 | 800% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 15 | 3 | January 31, 2018 | 22% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 32 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 61% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 87 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 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 NJ0029831.
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.