Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0040983
TAYLOR CREEK WWTP, Cincinnati, OH: NPDES OH0040983 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TAYLOR CREEK WWTP, held by Hamilton Co Brd of Comm Metropolitan SD, holds NPDES permit OH0040983, which discharges to Great Miami River. EPA’s file records it issued December 24, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 | TAYLOR CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hamilton Co Brd of Comm Metropolitan SD |
| NPDES ID | OH0040983 |
| 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 | December 24, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Cincinnati, OH 45002 |
| Receiving water | Great Miami River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jordan Creek-Great Miami River (HUC 050800020906) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 10 | 9 | 3 | July 31, 2019 | 2,094% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2023 | 27% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2024 | 39% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 15 | 1 | November 30, 2011 | |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 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 OH0040983.
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.