Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0104809
BERGEN POINT WWTP, West Babylon, NY: NPDES NY0104809 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BERGEN POINT WWTP, held by SUFFOLK COUNTY, holds NPDES permit NY0104809, which discharges to Atlantic Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2011 and expiring December 31, 2014. 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 | BERGEN POINT WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SUFFOLK COUNTY |
| NPDES ID | NY0104809 |
| 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 | June 17, 2011 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | West Babylon, NY 11704 |
| Receiving water | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Santapogue Creek-Great South Bay (HUC 020302020406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 27With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 88 | 76 | April 30, 2026 | 536% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 51 | 49 | May 31, 2026 | 15,467% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 21 | 18 | April 30, 2024 | 40% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 1 | 12 | 10 | February 29, 2024 | 243% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 12 | 8 | April 30, 2025 | 916% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 17 | 2 | May 31, 2024 | 30% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | May 31, 2024 | 80% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | |
| Chloroform | 1 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2020 | 57% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 1 | 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 | ||
| 48Hr Acute Mysidopsis Bahia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU 48Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal Chronic Cyprinodeon variegatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | EP6 |
| August 13, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | EP6 |
| August 13, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | EP6 |
| August 13, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | EP6 |
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.