Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR50C008
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Smithfield, RI: NPDES RIR50C008 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. holds NPDES permit RIR50C008, which discharges to Woonasquatucket River. EPA’s file records it issued March 27, 2008 and expiring May 31, 2011. 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 filed | ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | RIR50C008 |
| 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 | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | March 27, 2008 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2011 |
| Address | Smithfield, RI 02917 |
| Receiving water | WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Woonasquatucket River (HUC 010900040502) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler RIR000017558 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES RIR50C008.
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 RIR50C008.
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 September 15, 2026.