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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CTP001109

UNIFIRST CORPORATION, Stratford, CT: NPDES CTP001109 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UNIFIRST CORPORATION holds NPDES permit CTP001109, which discharges to Housatonic River. EPA’s file records it issued April 3, 2008 and expiring March 31, 2013. 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 filedUNIFIRST CORPORATION
Permittee as filedUNIFIRST CORPORATION
NPDES IDCTP001109
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
IssuedApril 3, 2008
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2013
Issuing agencyCT DEP
AddressStratford, CT 06497
Receiving waterHOUSATONIC RIVER
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler CTD980670269; ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900108835

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
Solids, total suspended311123October 31, 2017163% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]411218July 31, 2007196% over the limit
Organics, volatile [NJAC reg. 7:23-17e]010212January 31, 2008805% over the limit
Organics, tot purgeables [Method 624]222July 31, 2026226% over the limit
pH4941February 28, 2006
Flow rate3701April 30, 20084% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]4940
Cadmium, total [as Cd]4920
Chromium, total [as Cr]4920
Lead, total [as Pb]4920
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2920
Duration of discharge0920
Flow3710
Flow, maximum during 24 hr period310
pH, maximum010
Oil petroleum, total recoverable400

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 15, 2026Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
January 15, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 8, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 8, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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 CTP001109 held by UNIFIRST CORPORATION in Stratford, CT, which discharges to the HOUSATONIC RIVER, with the permit status shown as administratively continued and the discharger class as Minor. The page lists 16 pollutants on file, 13 with a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.