Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0149411
HIGHLANDS SEWER IMPROVEMENT AREA, Highland Falls, NY: NPDES NY0149411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HIGHLANDS SEWER IMPROVEMENT AREA, held by HIGHLANDS (T), holds NPDES permit NY0149411, which discharges to Hudson R. EPA’s file records it issued July 22, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 | HIGHLANDS SEWER IMPROVEMENT AREA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HIGHLANDS (T) |
| NPDES ID | NY0149411 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 22, 2021 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Highland Falls, NY 10928 |
| Receiving water | HUDSON R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Foundry Brook-Hudson River (HUC 020200080505) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 12 | 10 | July 31, 2026 | 104,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 18 | 6 | December 31, 2022 | 107% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 17 | 4 | May 31, 2020 | 33% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2020 | 1,110% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2020 | 13% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | February 29, 2004 | |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2001 | 233% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2025 | 567% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 30, 2022 | WW SSO - Failure to Maintain Records or Meet Record Keeping Requirements | 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 15, 2026.