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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CTP000553

ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS, Cheshire, CT: NPDES CTP000553 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS holds NPDES permit CTP000553, which discharges to Quinnipiac River. EPA’s file records it issued October 24, 2006 and expiring October 31, 2011. 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 filedATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS
Permittee as filedATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS
NPDES IDCTP000553
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual industrial user permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 24, 2006
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2011
Issuing agencyCTDEP
AddressCheshire, CT 06410
Receiving waterQUINNIPIAC RIVER
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler CTD980916597; ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900909916

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Flow, maximum during 24 hr period344January 31, 200513% over the limit
Nickel, total [as Ni]233August 31, 201683% over the limit
Gold, total [as Au]233August 31, 2003660% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]222June 30, 200643% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]211August 31, 200353% over the limit
pH200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Tin, total [as Sn]200
Flow rate100
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]100
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]100
Flow100
Organics, total toxic [TTO]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CTP000553.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES CTP000553 held by ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS in Cheshire, CT, which discharges to the Quinnipiac River. The page lists a permit status of Administratively continued, a Minor discharger class of 17, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.