Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0024899
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEM/MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS & BUS GARAGE, Cato, NY: NPDES NY0024899 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEM/MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS & BUS GARAGE, held by CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit NY0024899, which discharges to Parker Pond Trib. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2028. 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 | CATO-MERIDIAN ELEM/MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS & BUS GARAGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | NY0024899 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 19, 2023 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Cato, NY 13033 |
| Receiving water | PARKER POND TRIB |
| Subwatershed | Mudge Creek-Frontal Lake Ontario (HUC 041401010302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 53 | 21 | June 30, 2026 | 327% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 29 | 18 | June 30, 2026 | 38% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 45 | 13 | June 30, 2026 | 418% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 20 | 12 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 22 | 11 | March 31, 2026 | 900% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 11 | 7 | June 30, 2026 | 1,250% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 38 | 5 | August 31, 2024 | 320% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 38 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 280% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 23 | 1 | May 31, 2022 | |
| Toluene | 1 | 7 | 1 | August 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2018 | 180% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 6 | 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 NY0024899.
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.