Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0039098
BUCKEYE LAKE WWTP, Buckeye Lake, OH: NPDES OH0039098 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 35Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKEYE LAKE WWTP, held by Licking Co Brd of Comm, holds NPDES permit OH0039098, which discharges to S Fork Licking River. EPA’s file records it issued July 10, 2017 and expiring July 31, 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 | BUCKEYE LAKE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Licking Co Brd of Comm |
| NPDES ID | OH0039098 |
| 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 | July 10, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Address | Buckeye Lake, OH 43008 |
| Receiving water | S Fork Licking River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bell Run-South Fork Licking River (HUC 050400060406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 35Under a numeric limit
- 31With 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 | 10 | 26 | 18 | April 30, 2024 | 1,740% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 7 | 5 | November 30, 2010 | 790% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 11 | 3 | April 30, 2024 | 76% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 20 | 10 | 2 | July 31, 2023 | 145% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2007 | 826% over the limit |
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2012 | 89% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 8 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2021 | 42% over the limit |
| pH, maximum | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2012 | |
| pH, minimum | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2004 | |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 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 |
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 OH0039098.
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.