Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CTP000026
MICROTECH INC, Cheshire, CT: NPDES CTP000026 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MICROTECH INC holds NPDES permit CTP000026. EPA’s file records it issued August 10, 2012 and expiring August 31, 2017. 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 | MICROTECH INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MICROTECH INC |
| NPDES ID | CTP000026 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 10, 2012 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Cheshire, CT 06410 |
| SIC | 3728 – Aircraft Parts And Equipment |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CTD054476973; ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900908536 |
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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 12 | 8 | August 31, 2022 | 160% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 13 | 7 | March 31, 2026 | 67% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 7 | 3 | February 28, 2021 | 12% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2004 | 90% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 241% over the limit |
| Flow, maximum during 24 hr period | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 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
- 9Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| December 18, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 10, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| December 10, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| December 10, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| December 10, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| December 10, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| December 10, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| November 7, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Numeric 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 October 14, 2026.