Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0100081
CHESTER, Chester, VT: NPDES VT0100081 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHESTER, held by Town of Chester, holds NPDES permit VT0100081. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020. 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 | CHESTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Chester |
| NPDES ID | VT0100081 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 27, 2015 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Chester, VT 05143 |
| Subwatershed | Williams River (HUC 010801060603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 113 | 83 | October 31, 2024 | 900% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 38 | 30 | July 31, 2024 | 496% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 59 | 29 | April 30, 2024 | 220% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 34 | 28 | May 31, 2025 | 813% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 41 | 24 | April 30, 2024 | |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 0 | 19 | 9 | February 28, 2022 | 614% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 14 | 8 | April 30, 2024 | 211% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 11 | 5 | December 31, 2014 | 1,600% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2022 | 24% over the limit |
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 VT0100081.
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.