Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0023841
AMERICAN-BATH WWTP, Lima, OH: NPDES OH0023841 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 51Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMERICAN-BATH WWTP, held by Allen Co Commissioners, holds NPDES permit OH0023841, which discharges to Pike Run. EPA’s file records it issued October 4, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | AMERICAN-BATH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Allen Co Commissioners |
| NPDES ID | OH0023841 |
| 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 | October 4, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Address | Lima, OH 45801 |
| Receiving water | Pike Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Pike Run (HUC 041000070404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 51Pollutants on file
- 51Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 11 | 11 | September 30, 2024 | 1,540% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2024 | 41% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 6 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2024 | 41% over the limit |
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2012 | 118% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2024 | 127% over the limit |
| Mercury, total low level | 4 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2011 | 124% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, tot in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0023841.
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.