Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0121452
BLACKHORSE ENERGY-LANCASTER BULK, Lancaster, OH: NPDES OH0121452 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLACKHORSE ENERGY-LANCASTER BULK, held by Blackhorse Energy LLC, holds NPDES permit OH0121452, which discharges to Hocking River. EPA’s file records it issued November 8, 2017 and expiring November 30, 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 | BLACKHORSE ENERGY-LANCASTER BULK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Blackhorse Energy LLC |
| NPDES ID | OH0121452 |
| 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 |
| Issued | November 8, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Address | Lancaster, OH 43130 |
| Receiving water | Hocking River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Hocking River (HUC 050302040401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 23 | 1 | September 30, 2005 | |
| Flow rate | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [low level] [COD] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil & grease severity | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 2 | 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 OH0121452.
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.