Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CT0026522
CAPITOL DISTRICT ENERGY CENTER, Hartford, CT: NPDES CT0026522 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CAPITOL DISTRICT ENERGY CENTER holds NPDES permit CT0026522, which discharges to Park River. EPA’s file records it issued September 17, 2004 and expiring September 16, 2009. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CAPITOL DISTRICT ENERGY CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CAPITOL DISTRICT ENERGY CENTER |
| NPDES ID | CT0026522 |
| 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 | September 17, 2004 |
| Expiration date | September 16, 2009 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Hartford, CT 06106 |
| Receiving water | PARK RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Piper Brook-Park River (HUC 010802050303) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900300920 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 8 | 17 | 3 | March 31, 2009 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 5 | 11 | 2 | August 31, 2006 | 196% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 5 | 2 | September 30, 2003 | 150% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 10 | 1 | September 30, 2007 | 35% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 10 | 1 | March 31, 2006 | 8% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, maximum during 24 hr period | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 4 Day Chronic Daphnia Pulex | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 4 Day Chronic Pimephales Promelas | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 3 | 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 CT0026522.
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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