Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR040006

TOWN OF COVENTRY WWCS, Coventry, RI: NPDES RIR040006 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

TOWN OF COVENTRY WWCS, held by Town of Coventry, holds NPDES permit RIR040006. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2004 and expiring December 19, 2008.

TOWN OF COVENTRY WWCS, Coventry, Rhode Island: Coverage under a general permit RIR040006, held by Town of Coventry; Small municipal storm sewer systems; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 18, 2004, term to December 19, 2008.

September 20, 2023: Failure to comply with a requirement regarding Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (ST6).
September 20, 2023: Failure to comply with a requirement regarding Construction Site Runoff Control (ST6).
September 20, 2023: Failure to comply with a requirement regarding Post-Construction Runoff Control (ST6).
September 20, 2023: Failure to develop, maintain, or get approval of an adequate Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) (ST6).

Rhode Island holds 41 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 13 were issued before RIR040006.

Coverages issued nearest RIR040006

March 17, 2004: RI DEPT. OF ADMINISTRATION - PASTORE, Providence, RIR040020, held by RI Dept. of Administration - Pastore
March 17, 2004: TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN, North Kingstown, RIR040028, held by Town of North Kingstown
March 17, 2004: CITY OF WARWICK, Warwick, RIR040031, held by City of Warwick
March 18, 2004: BURRILLVILLE TOWN HALL, Burrillville, RIR040001, held by Town of Burrillville
March 18, 2004: CITY OF PROVIDENCE, Providence, RIR040005, held by City of Providence
March 18, 2004: TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE, North Providence, RIR040007, held by Town of North Providence
March 18, 2004: TOWN OF JOHNSTON, Johnston, RIR040008, held by Town of Johnston
March 18, 2004: COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND, Warwick, RIR040010, held by Community College of Rhode Island
March 18, 2004: COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND, Lincoln, RIR040011, held by Community College of Rhode Island
March 18, 2004: CITY OF CRANSTON, Cranston, RIR040012, held by City of Cranston

TOWN OF COVENTRY WWCS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 15 discharge permits in the South Branch Pawtuxet River subwatershed (HUC 010900040603), RIR040006 among them. Its county holds 62, 3 of them major permits; RIR040006 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the South Branch Pawtuxet River subwatershed (HUC 010900040603)

ABBOTT'S CROSSING, Coventry: RIR100687, minor permit, discharging to South Branch Pawtuxet River, permit term to September 9, 2008
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, Coventry: RIRNE0359, minor permit, permit term to November 13, 2025
BRADFORD SOAP WORKS INC, West Warwick: RIR50C001, minor permit, discharging to SOUTH BRANCH OF Pawtuxet River, permit term to May 2, 2024
GREEN FARM ESTATES, Coventry: RIR101740, minor permit, discharging to HAWKINSON BROOK & TRIB, permit term to September 25, 2020
IMMUNEX RHODE ISLAND CORP., SUBSIDARY OF AMGEN, INC, West Greenwich: RIG250018, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO TIOGUE LAKE, permit term to September 30, 2018
IMMUNEX RHODE ISLAND CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF AMGEN, West Greenwich: RIRNE0320, minor permit, permit term to September 20, 2024
MERECO TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC., W. Warwick: RIR50C009, minor permit, discharging to SOUTH BRANCH PAWTUXET RIVER, permit term to August 14, 2014
NEW ENGLAND UNION COMPANY INCORPORATED, West Warwick: RIR50F002, minor permit, discharging to PAWTUXET RIVER, permit term to May 2, 2024
PHARMARON MANUFACTURING SERVICES (US) LLC, Coventry: RIR50C012, minor permit, permit term to May 2, 2024
STA - COVENTRY TERMINAL, Coventry: RIRNE0429, minor permit, permit term to October 25, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	TOWN OF COVENTRY WWCS
Permittee as filed	Town of Coventry
NPDES ID	RIR040006
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Small municipal storm sewer systems
Issued	March 18, 2004
Expiration date	December 19, 2008
Address	Coventry, RI 02816
Subwatershed	South Branch Pawtuxet River (HUC 010900040603)

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES RIR040006.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

4Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 20, 2023	Failure to comply with a requirement regarding Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination	ST6
September 20, 2023	Failure to comply with a requirement regarding Construction Site Runoff Control	ST6
September 20, 2023	Failure to comply with a requirement regarding Post-Construction Runoff Control	ST6
September 20, 2023	Failure to develop, maintain, or get approval of an adequate Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP)	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES RIR040006.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES RIR040006.

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This EPA public-records page covers NPDES permit RIR040006, held by the Town of Coventry for the TOWN OF COVENTRY WWCS facility in Coventry, RI, under the small municipal storm sewer systems program. The permit was issued March 18, 2004, and expired December 19, 2008, and is administratively continued; the page lists 0 pollutants on file, 0 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.