Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0129992
NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL, Lake Placid, NY: NPDES NY0129992 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL, held by NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL INC, holds NPDES permit NY0129992, which discharges to Trib. N#3 Of North Meadow Brook. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2003 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL INC |
| NPDES ID | NY0129992 |
| 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 1, 2003 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Lake Placid, NY 12946 |
| Receiving water | TRIB. N#3 OF NORTH MEADOW BROOK |
| Subwatershed | Upper West Branch Ausable River (HUC 041504040202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 45 | 5 | March 31, 2022 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | 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 15, 2026.