Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0021733
SARANAC LAKE (V) WPCP, Village Of Saranac Lake, NY: NPDES NY0021733 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SARANAC LAKE (V) WPCP, held by SARANAC LAKE (V), holds NPDES permit NY0021733, which discharges to Saranac R. EPA’s file records it issued October 23, 2013 and expiring May 31, 2019. 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 | SARANAC LAKE (V) WPCP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SARANAC LAKE (V) |
| NPDES ID | NY0021733 |
| 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 | October 23, 2013 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Village Of Saranac Lake, NY 12983 |
| Receiving water | SARANAC R |
| Subwatershed | Moose Creek-Saranac River (HUC 041504060203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 22 | 18 | July 31, 2009 | |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 12 | 9 | June 30, 2015 | 13,233% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 5 | 5 | September 30, 2000 | 167% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 4 | April 30, 2007 | 67% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 27 | 2 | August 31, 2011 | 16% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 2 | May 31, 2011 | 68% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2000 | 173% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2024 | 28% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 14 | 1 | July 31, 2025 | 1% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2022 | 61% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NY0021733.
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.