Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RI0000949
USEPA - ATLANTIC COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION, Narragansett, RI: NPDES RI0000949 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
USEPA - ATLANTIC COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION, held by USEPA - ATLANTIC ECOLOGY DIV., holds NPDES permit RI0000949, which discharges to Narragansett Bay - West Passage. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2018. 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 | USEPA - ATLANTIC COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | USEPA - ATLANTIC ECOLOGY DIV. |
| NPDES ID | RI0000949 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | September 29, 2013 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2018 |
| Address | Narragansett, RI 02882 |
| Receiving water | NARRAGANSETT BAY - WEST PASSAGE |
| SIC | 8733 – Noncommercial Research Organizations |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler RID075721639; ICIS-AIR source RI0000004400900005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 27 | 5 | September 30, 2012 | 47% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 23 | 2 | June 30, 2016 | 139% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 15 | 1 | September 30, 1997 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 0 | 2 | 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 RI0000949.
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.