Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0032808
WEST LORAIN POWER PLANT, Lorain, OH: NPDES OH0032808 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WEST LORAIN POWER PLANT, held by Vermillion Power LLC, holds NPDES permit OH0032808, which discharges to Lake Erie Via Ut. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2017 and expiring February 28, 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 filed | WEST LORAIN POWER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Vermillion Power LLC |
| NPDES ID | OH0032808 |
| 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 | January 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2022 |
| Address | Lorain, OH 44053 |
| Receiving water | Lake Erie via UT |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Quarry Creek-Frontal Lake Erie (HUC 041100010703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES OH0032808.
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 OH0032808.
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.