Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CTP000114
MERIT METAL FINISHING CO INC, Bridgeport, CT: NPDES CTP000114 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MERIT METAL FINISHING CO INC holds NPDES permit CTP000114, which discharges to Poquonnock River. EPA’s file records it issued June 27, 2001 and expiring June 26, 2006. 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 | MERIT METAL FINISHING CO INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MERIT METAL FINISHING CO INC |
| NPDES ID | CTP000114 |
| 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 | June 27, 2001 |
| Expiration date | June 26, 2006 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Bridgeport, CT 06607 |
| Receiving water | POQUONNOCK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CTD001173905; ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900108890 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 6 | 6 | March 31, 2014 | 470% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2002 | 20% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2005 | 92% over the limit |
| Flow, maximum during 24 hr period | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CTP000114.
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.