Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES DC0000221
DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, Washington, DC: NPDES DC0000221 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, held by The Government of the District of Columbia-DDOE, holds NPDES permit DC0000221, which discharges to Potomac Rvr,Anacostia Rvr & Trib. EPA’s file records it issued May 23, 2018 and expiring June 21, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The Government of the District of Columbia-DDOE |
| NPDES ID | DC0000221 |
| 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 |
| Program | Large municipal storm sewer systems |
| Issued | May 23, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 21, 2023 |
| Address | Washington, DC 20002 |
| Receiving water | POTOMAC RVR,ANACOSTIA RVR & TRIB |
| Subwatershed | Lower Anacostia River (HUC 020700100204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 42Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 38With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1016 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Fecal streptococci, MF m-enterococcus ag | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Base/neutral compounds | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Acid compounds | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1221 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1232 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1248 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1254 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1260 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Pesticides, general | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Metals, total | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Volatile compounds, [GC/MS] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1242 bot. dep., dry solid | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Copper | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as NH4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 9 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES DC0000221.
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 DC0000221.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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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