Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0011827
HOPEDALE MINE PREPARATION PLANT, Hopedale, OH: NPDES OH0011827 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOPEDALE MINE PREPARATION PLANT, held by Hopedale Mine Preparation Plant, holds NPDES permit OH0011827, which discharges to Cross Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. 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 | HOPEDALE MINE PREPARATION PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hopedale Mine Preparation Plant |
| NPDES ID | OH0011827 |
| 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 13, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Address | Hopedale, OH 43976 |
| Receiving water | Cross Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Cross Creek (HUC 050301011001) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 12 | 77 | 37 | March 31, 2024 | 12,060% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 5 | 52 | 32 | October 31, 2025 | 206% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 36 | 20 | August 31, 2023 | 166% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 35 | 11 | August 31, 2023 | 212% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 13 | 9 | October 31, 2013 | 1,100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 25 | 7 | August 31, 2023 | 606% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 31 | 3 | January 31, 2004 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 18 | 2 | January 31, 2004 | 239% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 8 | 1 | December 31, 2007 | 67% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 4 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2025 | 101% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity [severity] | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers | 2 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2021 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 27, 2021 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | ST6 |
| September 27, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Violation of a milestone in an order | ST6 |
| September 27, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| September 27, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | 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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