Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CTP002179

SYLVAN R. SHEMITZ DESIGNS, INC., West Haven, CT: NPDES CTP002179 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SYLVAN R. SHEMITZ DESIGNS, INC., held by ELLIPTIPAR, INC., holds NPDES permit CTP002179, which discharges to Long Island Sound. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012. 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	SYLVAN R. SHEMITZ DESIGNS, INC.
Permittee as filed	ELLIPTIPAR, INC.
NPDES ID	CTP002179
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	September 28, 2007
Expiration date	September 30, 2012
Issuing agency	CT DEP
Address	West Haven, CT 06516
Receiving water	LONG ISLAND SOUND
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
16With 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
Flow, maximum during 24 hr period	1	5	4	October 31, 2022	32% over the limit
pH	2	6	1	December 31, 2002
pH, maximum	0	4	1	October 31, 2020
Flow rate	1	2	1	December 31, 2002	18% over the limit
pH, minimum	0	2	1	October 31, 2022
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	4	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	4	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	3	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	2	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	2	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	2	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	2	0
Solids, total suspended	1	2	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	1	2	0
Flow	1	1	0
Organics, total toxic [TTO]	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 12, 2023	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	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.