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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RI0100013

CRANSTON WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY, Cranston, RI: NPDES RI0100013 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CRANSTON WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY, held by CITY OF CRANSTON, holds NPDES permit RI0100013, which discharges to Pawtuxet River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2008 and expiring December 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 filedCRANSTON WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY
Permittee as filedCITY OF CRANSTON
NPDES IDRI0100013
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 30, 2008
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2013
AddressCranston, RI 02920
Receiving waterPAWTUXET RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPawtuxet River (HUC 010900040609)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler RID987468592; ICIS-AIR source RI0000004400790008

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 suspended309341June 30, 2012457% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]96040June 30, 20261,350% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual24032June 30, 20162,550% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]45026March 31, 2010890% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general33318October 31, 20165,999,900% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia11614September 30, 202388% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]30377May 31, 2011206% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C10405March 31, 201042% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]8315March 31, 2016648% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]12165January 31, 2009278% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]20393October 31, 200564% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]153August 31, 200617% over the limit
Enterococci022March 31, 202397% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]4281July 31, 20065% over the limit
pH2111August 31, 2019
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2111March 31, 20101% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal161January 31, 200612% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]651January 31, 200920% over the limit
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas131December 31, 200521% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]4570
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]4180
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]4120
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]4100
Solids, settleable2100
Tetrachloroethylene080
Cadmium, total [as Cd]650
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal140
BOD, 5-day, percent removal140
LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia120
Phosphorus, ortho010
Phosphate, ortho [as P]200

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
June 10, 2022Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)ST6
June 10, 2022Failure of the Control Authority to maintain legal authority (Level II - Other)ST6
December 26, 2018Pretreatment - Failure to Enforce Against I/UST6

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 RI0100013 for the Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility in Cranston, RI, held by the City of Cranston and discharging to the Pawtuxet River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 28 pollutants under a numeric limit and 19 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.