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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES DC0000248

JFK CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, Washington, DC: NPDES DC0000248 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JFK CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS holds NPDES permit DC0000248, which discharges to Potomac River. EPA’s file records it issued June 6, 2013 and expiring June 1, 2018. 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 filedJFK CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
Permittee as filedJFK CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
NPDES IDDC0000248
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 6, 2013
Expiration dateJune 1, 2018
AddressWashington, DC 20566
Receiving waterPOTOMAC RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPimmit Run-Potomac River (HUC 020700100103)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH4236104February 28, 2022
Flow, total07676July 31, 2026330% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade313273August 31, 20212,329% over the limit
pH exchange [su]04242July 31, 2026
Velocity of intake03333July 31, 2026126% over the limit
Temp. difference, summer [deg. C]12613August 31, 2021168% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2970
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit030

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 16, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationEP6
September 16, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsEP6
September 16, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceEP6
August 3, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationEP6
August 3, 2018Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedEP6
August 3, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceEP6
August 3, 2018Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsEP6

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 September 14, 2026.