Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CT0003778
BRIDGEPORT HARBOR STATION UNITS 1-4, Bridgeport, CT: NPDES CT0003778 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 35Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRIDGEPORT HARBOR STATION UNITS 1-4, held by BRIDGEPORT HARBOR 1-4 LLC, holds NPDES permit CT0003778, which discharges to Bridgeport Harbor. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 1999 and expiring March 17, 2004. 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 | BRIDGEPORT HARBOR STATION UNITS 1-4 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BRIDGEPORT HARBOR 1-4 LLC |
| NPDES ID | CT0003778 |
| 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 | March 18, 1999 |
| Expiration date | March 17, 2004 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Bridgeport, CT 06604 |
| Receiving water | BRIDGEPORT HARBOR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Long Island Sound Deep (HUC 020302030000) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 35Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 26 | 16 | 16 | August 31, 2001 | 682% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 8 | 9 | 9 | August 31, 2006 | 282% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 15 | 8 | 8 | May 31, 1999 | 46,567% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 28 | 6 | 6 | September 30, 2001 | 27,678% over the limit |
| pH | 34 | 4 | 4 | February 28, 2013 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 15 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2014 | 21% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 17 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 1999 | 1% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 14 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 1999 | 53% over the limit |
| Flow, maximum during 24 hr period | 4 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2006 | 4% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 96 Hr Acute Cyprinodon Variega | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 4 Day Chronic Mysidopsis Bahia | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 4 Day Chronic Cyprinodon Variega | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hydrazine | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 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 CT0003778.
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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