Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VT0000400
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Essex Junction, VT: NPDES VT0000400 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, held by IBM Corp, holds NPDES permit VT0000400. EPA’s file records it issued January 15, 2004 and expiring September 30, 2008. 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 | GLOBALFOUNDRIES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | IBM Corp |
| NPDES ID | VT0000400 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 15, 2004 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2008 |
| Issuing agency | Vermont DEC |
| Address | Essex Junction, VT 05452 |
| Subwatershed | Winooski River (HUC 041504030704) |
| NAICS | 333242 – Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler VTD002084705 |
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
- 32Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 24 | 101 | 41 | May 31, 2021 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 14 | 7 | February 28, 2025 | 258% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 14 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 24% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 1 | 4 | 1 | May 31, 2009 | 43% over the limit |
| Tetrachloroethylene | 17 | 3 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | 13% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen peroxide | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 17 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 17 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichloroethene, total | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Isopropyl alcohol [C3H8O], sed. | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 VT0000400.
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.