Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0145343
BUCKEYE BIOGAS LLC, Wooster, OH: NPDES OH0145343 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKEYE BIOGAS LLC, held by Buckeye Biogas LLC, holds NPDES permit OH0145343, which discharges to None. EPA’s file records it issued December 5, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 | BUCKEYE BIOGAS LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Buckeye Biogas LLC |
| NPDES ID | OH0145343 |
| 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 | December 5, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2017 |
| Address | Wooster, OH 44691 |
| Receiving water | none |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Apple Creek (HUC 050400030602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detention time | 0 | 45 | 16 | July 31, 2026 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total volatile, percent removal | 0 | 5 | 5 | April 30, 2024 | 44% over the limit |
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, in bottom deposits | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, tot in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, percent | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2022 | PR: Biosolids: Other Management Practice Violation | ST6 |
| January 22, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | 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 15, 2026.