Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR5AA008

W.R. COBB CO., East Providence, RI: NPDES RIR5AA008 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

W.R. COBB CO., held by W.R. COBB COMPANY., holds NPDES permit RIR5AA008, which discharges to Runnin River. EPA’s file records it issued December 5, 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	W.R. COBB CO.
Permittee as filed	W.R. COBB COMPANY.
NPDES ID	RIR5AA008
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	December 5, 2019
Expiration date	May 2, 2024
Issuing agency	RIDEM
Address	East Providence, RI 02914
Receiving water	RUNNIN RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Barrington River-Warren River (HUC 010900040702)
NAICS	339910 – Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing
SIC	3915 – Jewelers* Materials & Lapidary Work
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler RID001199272

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

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
6With 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
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	33
Iron, total [as Fe]	4	33
Zinc, total [as Zn]	4	33
Aluminum, total [as Al]	4	33
Lead, total [as Pb]	4	6
Coliform, fecal general	4	6
Solids, total suspended	4	0
Oil & Grease	4	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	2	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES RIR5AA008.

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 RIR5AA008.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES RIR5AA008.

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 RIR5AA008.

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.

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit RIR5AA008, held by W.R. COBB COMPANY. at W.R. COBB CO. in East Providence, RI, which discharges to Runnin River and is administratively continued with a minor discharger classification. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 5, 2019 and expiring May 2, 2024.