Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0117609

GUGGISBERG SWISS INN, Charm, OH: NPDES OH0117609 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

GUGGISBERG SWISS INN, held by Guggisberg Swiss Inn, holds NPDES permit OH0117609, which discharges to Doughty Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 4, 2016 and expiring October 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	GUGGISBERG SWISS INN
Permittee as filed	Guggisberg Swiss Inn
NPDES ID	OH0117609
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 4, 2016
Expiration date	October 31, 2021
Address	Charm, OH 44617
Receiving water	Doughty Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Headwaters Doughty Creek (HUC 050400030802)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
6With 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	41	41	March 31, 2015	900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	39	39	June 30, 2017	206% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	0	35	35	September 30, 2010	99,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	0	30	29	July 31, 2010	73,584% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	10	10	May 31, 2010	180% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	8	8	September 30, 2008	93% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	2	2	0
Flow rate	2	2	0
Turbidity [severity]	2	2	0
E. coli, MTEC-MF	2	2	0
pH	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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0117609.

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.