Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0027561
LE ROY R SUMMERSON WWTF, Cortland, NY: NPDES NY0027561 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 53Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LE ROY R SUMMERSON WWTF, held by CORTLAND (C), holds NPDES permit NY0027561, which discharges to Tioughnioga R. EPA’s file records it issued September 17, 2014 and expiring September 30, 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 | LE ROY R SUMMERSON WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CORTLAND (C) |
| NPDES ID | NY0027561 |
| 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 17, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Cortland, NY 13045 |
| Receiving water | TIOUGHNIOGA R |
| Subwatershed | Upper Tioughnioga River (HUC 020501020403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 61Pollutants on file
- 53Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 61 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 34 | 31 | April 30, 2026 | 59% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 4 | 22 | 17 | October 31, 2025 | 178% over the limit |
| Phenols | 0 | 14 | 12 | April 30, 2007 | 489% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 38 | 11 | June 30, 2026 | 29% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 18 | 11 | April 30, 2026 | 8,467% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 15 | 10 | April 30, 2026 | 504% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 5 | 10 | 4 | May 31, 2025 | 505% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 10 | 4 | July 31, 2006 | 28% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 8 | 3 | April 30, 2015 | 51% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 25 | 1 | October 31, 2015 | 133% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 24 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | 56% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 13 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 1 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2007 | 547% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 5 | 6 | 1 | February 28, 2022 | 3% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 1 | 4 | 1 | April 30, 2015 | 8% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2026 | 14% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] [adjusted] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] [credit] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] [delivered] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] [credit] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 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 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 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 NY0027561.
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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