Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0000191
DUNN PAPER - NATURAL DAM, Gouverneur, NY: NPDES NY0000191 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DUNN PAPER - NATURAL DAM holds NPDES permit NY0000191, which discharges to Oswegatchie R. EPA’s file records it issued October 8, 2014 and expiring March 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | DUNN PAPER - NATURAL DAM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DUNN PAPER - NATURAL DAM |
| NPDES ID | NY0000191 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 8, 2014 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Gouverneur, NY 13642 |
| Receiving water | OSWEGATCHIE R |
| Subwatershed | Malterna Creek-Oswegatchie River (HUC 041503020802) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 9 | 5 | March 31, 2026 | 24% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 8 | 5 | November 30, 2022 | 650% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 16 | 4 | March 31, 2024 | 159% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2022 | 166% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 3 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 3 | July 31, 2026 | 48% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 6 | 2 | August 31, 2022 | 2% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2023 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 6 | 1 | February 28, 2025 | 5% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 33% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 48% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Xylene, meta & para in combination | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 NY0000191.
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 14, 2026.