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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0038407

HEAVENER UTILITY AUTHORITY, Heavener, OK: NPDES OK0038407 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HEAVENER UTILITY AUTHORITY, held by Heavener Utilities Authority, holds NPDES permit OK0038407, which discharges to 220100020100_00 Oil Branch Ck/Poteau R. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 filedHEAVENER UTILITY AUTHORITY
Permittee as filedHeavener Utilities Authority
NPDES IDOK0038407
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 18, 2016
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2021
Issuing agencyODEQ
AddressHeavener, OK 74937
Receiving water220100020100_00 Oil Branch Ck/Poteau R

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]3417336January 31, 20251,533% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6273234May 31, 2019576% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6207159October 31, 2025400% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]612969August 31, 2021370% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general05850September 30, 201556,400% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C36547December 31, 20202,087% over the limit
pH24113October 31, 2019
Chlorine, total residual1206August 31, 20198,991% over the limit
E. coli8155July 31, 2021496% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2303September 30, 201920% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2280

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
October 29, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 24, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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.