Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0120545

DEERING ELEM WWTP, Ironton, OH: NPDES OH0120545 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

DEERING ELEM WWTP, held by Dawson Bryant Local Schools, holds NPDES permit OH0120545, which discharges to Tributary Creek To Little Ice Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2019 and expiring February 29, 2024. 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	DEERING ELEM WWTP
Permittee as filed	Dawson Bryant Local Schools
NPDES ID	OH0120545
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	February 8, 2019
Expiration date	February 29, 2024
Address	Ironton, OH 45638
Receiving water	tributary creek to Little Ice Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
8With 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	2	27	27	May 31, 2026	14,931% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	20	16	May 31, 2005	600% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	10	6	December 31, 2025	101% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	2	2	September 30, 2007	426% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	5	1	May 31, 2008	17% over the limit
pH	2	3	1	June 30, 2020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2	1	August 31, 2015	5% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	0	1	1	June 30, 2003	60% over the limit
Flow rate	2	2	0
Turbidity [severity]	2	2	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	0	2	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 28, 2025	WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance	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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.