Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR50M016

FIVE STAR AUTO SALVAGE, INC., Smithfield, RI: NPDES RIR50M016 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FIVE STAR AUTO SALVAGE, INC. holds NPDES permit RIR50M016, which discharges to Woonasquatucket River. EPA’s file records it issued July 30, 2020 and expiring May 2, 2024. 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	FIVE STAR AUTO SALVAGE, INC.
Permittee as filed	FIVE STAR AUTO SALVAGE, INC.
NPDES ID	RIR50M016
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	July 30, 2020
Expiration date	May 2, 2024
Issuing agency	RIDEM
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 RIR000507855

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	19
Iron, total [as Fe]	2	19
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	19
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	19
Enterococci	2	16
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	14
Oil & Grease	2	10
Coliform, fecal general	0	3
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES RIR50M016.

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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 30, 2022	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)	ST6

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit RIR50M016 held by FIVE STAR AUTO SALVAGE, INC. of Smithfield, RI, which discharges to the Woonasquatucket River and is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 8. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued July 30, 2020 and expiring May 2, 2024 as of September 15, 2026.