Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0140163
MINFORD AREA WWTP, Minford, OH: NPDES OH0140163 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MINFORD AREA WWTP, held by Scioto County Commissioners, holds NPDES permit OH0140163, which discharges to Long Run. EPA’s file records it issued May 19, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | MINFORD AREA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Scioto County Commissioners |
| NPDES ID | OH0140163 |
| 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 | May 19, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Address | Minford, OH 45653 |
| Receiving water | Long Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Long Run (HUC 050901030602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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] | 12 | 70 | 70 | July 31, 2025 | 662% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 11 | 11 | November 30, 2024 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 6 | 8 | 8 | July 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 4 | 4 | February 28, 2025 | 95% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | 29% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | 217% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Residue, tot fltrble [dried at 105 C] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| August 6, 2024 | WW SSO - Failure to Maintain Records or Meet Record Keeping Requirements | ST6 |
| August 6, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 17, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | EP6 |
| March 17, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | EP6 |
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 15, 2026.