Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0096008
SURPRISE LAKE CAMP, Cold Spring, NY: NPDES NY0096008 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SURPRISE LAKE CAMP holds NPDES permit NY0096008, which discharges to Breakneck Val Bk. EPA’s file records it issued November 19, 2020 and expiring December 31, 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 | SURPRISE LAKE CAMP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SURPRISE LAKE CAMP |
| NPDES ID | NY0096008 |
| 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 | November 19, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Cold Spring, NY 10516 |
| Receiving water | BREAKNECK VAL BK |
| Subwatershed | Breakneck Brook-Hudson River (HUC 020200080503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 21 | 12 | August 31, 2014 | 300% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 17 | 6 | July 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 14 | 5 | September 30, 2022 | 60% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 14 | 4 | June 30, 2022 | 120% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 51 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 14% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 20 | 2 | June 30, 2016 | 73% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2026 | 130% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 50 | 1 | August 31, 2019 | 12% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 35 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
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.