Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0115134
HOCKINGPORT MHP, Hockingport, OH: NPDES OH0115134 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOCKINGPORT MHP, held by Ketchum Inc, holds NPDES permit OH0115134, which discharges to Hocking River. EPA’s file records it issued July 5, 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 | HOCKINGPORT MHP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Ketchum Inc |
| NPDES ID | OH0115134 |
| 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 |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | July 5, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Address | Hockingport, OH 45739 |
| Receiving water | Hocking River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Sandy Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050302020106) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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] | 8 | 120 | 100 | June 30, 2026 | 2,172% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 64 | 57 | June 30, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 49 | 44 | October 31, 2008 | 7,163% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 30 | 28 | September 30, 2008 | 840% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 40 | 20 | September 30, 2024 | 380% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 36 | 16 | September 30, 2024 | 367% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 6 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 59% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity [severity] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Color, spectrophoto-metric filter | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Odor, atmospheric [severity] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 23, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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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