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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0020508

CITY OF JOHNSTOWN WWTP, Johnstown, OH: NPDES OH0020508 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF JOHNSTOWN WWTP, held by Johnstown, Village of, holds NPDES permit OH0020508, which discharges to Raccoon Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 9, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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 filedCITY OF JOHNSTOWN WWTP
Permittee as filedJohnstown, Village of
NPDES IDOH0020508
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 9, 2017
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2022
AddressJohnstown, OH 43031
Receiving waterRaccoon Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Raccoon Creek (HUC 050400060301)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended6116110March 31, 20181,501% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6111105December 31, 2008322% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]127365June 30, 20241,233% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C07064August 31, 201199,999% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable24541December 31, 2014161% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF61515July 31, 202299,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]3107April 30, 202083% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable263June 30, 20081,052% over the limit
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]122December 31, 202137% over the limit
Oil & Grease022October 31, 2006158% over the limit
pH, maximum221April 30, 2016
Oil and grease, hexane extr method121March 31, 202591% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade660
pH460
Phosphorus, total [as P]440
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]240
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]220
Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters220
Nickel, total recoverable220
Cadmium, total recoverable220
Lead, total recoverable220
Chromium, total recoverable220
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Mercury, total low level220
pH, minimum210
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Biosolids weight indluding admixtures400
Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits200
Nitrite plus nitrate in bottom deposits200
Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits200
Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P]200
Potassium, in bottom deposits200
Sludge weight, dry200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C200
Overflows200
%Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia200
%Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas200
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
%Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Arsenic, dry weight100
Cadmium, in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Copper in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Lead, total dry weight [as Pb]100
Nickel, tot in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Selenium, dry weight100
Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0020508.

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.