Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR040008

TOWN OF JOHNSTON, Johnston, RI: NPDES RIR040008 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 JOHNSTON, held by Town of Johnston, holds NPDES permit RIR040008. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2004 and expiring December 19, 2008.

TOWN OF JOHNSTON, Johnston, Rhode Island: Coverage under a general permit RIR040008, held by Town of Johnston; 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.

Rhode Island holds 41 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 13 were issued before RIR040008.

Coverages issued nearest RIR040008

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 COVENTRY WWCS, Coventry, RIR040006, held by Town of Coventry
March 18, 2004: TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE, North Providence, RIR040007, held by Town of North Providence
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
March 18, 2004: NORTH SMITHFIELD SEWER DEPARTMENT, Slatersville, RIR040013, held by Town of North Smithfield
March 18, 2004: TOWN OF WESTERLY, Westerly, RIR040014, held by Town of Westerly

TOWN OF JOHNSTON among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 28 discharge permits in the Woonasquatucket River subwatershed (HUC 010900040502), RIR040008 among them. Its county holds 219, 10 of them major permits; RIR040008 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Woonasquatucket River subwatershed (HUC 010900040502)

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Smithfield: RIR50C008, minor permit, discharging to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER, permit term to May 31, 2011
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, Providence: RIR100619, not classed, discharging to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
BACCALA CONCRETE, Johnston: RIRND0021, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2100
CATHEDRAL ART, Providence: RIRNE0327, minor permit, permit term to November 22, 2024
DENISON PHARMACEUTICALS LLC (LINCOLN), Lincoln: RIRNE0301, minor permit, permit term to May 2, 2024
DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES, LP - CSC #4102 SMITHFEILD, RI, Smithfield: RIR50P042, minor permit, discharging to REAPER BROOK, permit term to May 2, 2024
FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND, Providence: RIG85G038, not classed, discharging to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
FIRST STUDENT, INC #11302, Providence: RIR50P006, minor permit, discharging to WOONASQUACKET RIVER, permit term to May 2, 2024
FIVE STAR AUTO SALVAGE, INC., Smithfield: RIR50M016, minor permit, discharging to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER, permit term to May 2, 2024
FORMER NARRAGANSETT GRAY IRON FOUNDRY, Smithfield: RIG85F001, not classed, discharging to WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER

What the register holds for TOWN OF JOHNSTON: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Johnston, Rhode Island. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES RIR040008.

Identity

Facility as filed	TOWN OF JOHNSTON
Permittee as filed	Town of Johnston
NPDES ID	RIR040008
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	Johnston, RI 02919
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Woonasquatucket River (HUC 010900040502)

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 RIR040008.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES RIR040008.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES RIR040008.

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 RIR040008.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

The TOWN OF JOHNSTON permit, NPDES ID RIR040008, is one of 19 Storm Water Small MS4s permits on EPA's register in Providence County, and 26.3% of those 19 permits carry an earlier issue date than this one. The permit sits among 28 NPDES permits in the Woonasquatucket River subwatershed, and it records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance. Across the 19 Providence County storm water permits, 68.4% have a violation on file, a figure this permit does not share.