Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CTP000051
SPEC PLATING INC, Bridgeport, CT: NPDES CTP000051 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPEC PLATING INC holds NPDES permit CTP000051, which discharges to Poquonnock River. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2011 and expiring February 29, 2016. 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 | SPEC PLATING INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SPEC PLATING INC |
| NPDES ID | CTP000051 |
| 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 | February 28, 2011 |
| Expiration date | February 29, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Bridgeport, CT 06607 |
| Receiving water | POQUONNOCK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CT5000002139; ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900108993 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow rate | 1 | 32 | 30 | June 30, 2010 | 16% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 17 | 11 | March 31, 2020 | 148% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 13 | 9 | May 31, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| pH, maximum | 1 | 6 | 5 | June 30, 2018 | |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 4 | March 31, 2016 | |
| Flow, maximum during 24 hr period | 1 | 6 | 4 | May 31, 2010 | 13% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 7 | 3 | February 28, 2022 | 20% over the limit |
| Flow | 1 | 4 | 2 | May 31, 2010 | 13% over the limit |
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2018 | 133% over the limit |
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 1 | 2 | 1 | December 31, 2009 | 92% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil petroleum, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 1 | 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
- 10Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| October 28, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 28, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 28, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| October 28, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 30, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 4, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| October 4, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 5, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| October 5, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | 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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