Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CT0001457
WHYCO FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES, Thomaston, CT: NPDES CT0001457 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHYCO FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES, held by WHYCO FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES,, holds NPDES permit CT0001457, which discharges to Naugatuck River. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 1999 and expiring November 2, 2004. 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 | WHYCO FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WHYCO FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES, |
| NPDES ID | CT0001457 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 1, 1999 |
| Expiration date | November 2, 2004 |
| Address | Thomaston, CT 06787 |
| Receiving water | NAUGATUCK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Northfield Brook-Naugatuck River (HUC 011000051105) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CTD001450154; ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900500005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 34With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride, free | 0 | 44 | 42 | December 31, 2007 | 99% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 36 | 34 | July 31, 2007 | 180% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 31 | 27 | January 31, 2004 | 259% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 29 | 27 | August 31, 2005 | 254% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 19 | 15 | August 31, 2001 | 943% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 12 | August 31, 2003 | 133% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 14 | 12 | September 30, 2008 | 160% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 8 | 6 | August 31, 2008 | 3,388% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 9 | 5 | June 30, 2003 | 31% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 9 | 5 | August 31, 2008 | 174% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 7 | 5 | January 31, 2007 | 213% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2008 | 29% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2003 | |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 1 | July 31, 2008 | 68% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, maximum during 24 hr period | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute D. Pulex | 0 | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CT0001457.
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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