Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0030279
GROVELAND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Sonyea, NY: NPDES NY0030279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GROVELAND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, held by NYS DEPT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, holds NPDES permit NY0030279, which discharges to Keshegua Ck. EPA’s file records it issued August 19, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 | GROVELAND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NYS DEPT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
| NPDES ID | NY0030279 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 19, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Sonyea, NY 14456 |
| Receiving water | KESHEGUA CK |
| Subwatershed | Keshequa Creek (HUC 041300020910) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 42 | 8 | September 30, 2017 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 33 | 8 | May 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 3 | 26 | 6 | September 30, 2025 | 253% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 38 | 4 | July 31, 2024 | 46% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 19 | 4 | January 31, 2026 | 195% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 18 | 4 | January 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 3 | May 31, 2025 | 167% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 10 | 2 | February 28, 2025 | 17% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 7 | 2 | September 30, 2025 | 167% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 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 NY0030279.
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.