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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0137863

OLD FORT LOCAL SCHOOL, Old Fort, OH: NPDES OH0137863 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OLD FORT LOCAL SCHOOL, held by Old Fort Local School, holds NPDES permit OH0137863, which discharges to Sandusky River. EPA’s file records it issued August 19, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 filedOLD FORT LOCAL SCHOOL
Permittee as filedOld Fort Local School
NPDES IDOH0137863
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramCombined sewer overflows
IssuedAugust 19, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2025
AddressOld Fort, OH 44861
Receiving waterSandusky River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSpicer Creek-Sandusky River (HUC 041000111105)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]82719May 31, 20262,210% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4179April 30, 2026200% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF2117May 31, 20262,319% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4102February 29, 2016428% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade240
Flow rate240
pH240
Turbidity [severity]240
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]220
Phosphorus, total [as P]220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120
Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 18, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 18, 2025WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 18, 2025Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6

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.