Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR50N017
FORTUNE METALS, Lincoln, RI: NPDES RIR50N017 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORTUNE METALS, held by FORTUNE METAL INC. OF RI, holds NPDES permit RIR50N017, which discharges to Moshassuck River. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2019 and expiring May 2, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FORTUNE METALS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FORTUNE METAL INC. OF RI |
| NPDES ID | RIR50N017 |
| 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 | August 2, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 2, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | RIDEM |
| Address | Lincoln, RI 02865 |
| Receiving water | MOSHASSUCK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Moshassuck River (HUC 010900040501) |
| NAICS | 423930 – Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers |
| SIC | 5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler RID987486164 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterococci | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES RIR50N017.
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 RIR50N017.
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 October 14, 2026.