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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NJ0005517

GILBERT GENERATING STATION, Holland Twp, NJ: NPDES NJ0005517 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GILBERT GENERATING STATION, held by NRG ENERGY INC, holds NPDES permit NJ0005517. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 filedGILBERT GENERATING STATION
Permittee as filedNRG ENERGY INC
NPDES IDNJ0005517
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 16, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2021
AddressHolland Twp, NJ 08848
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHarihokake Creek-Delaware River (HUC 020401050904)

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
Hydrocarbons, in H2O, IR, CC14 extractible chromatograph4271November 30, 201499,999% over the limit
Chlorine, free available2131April 30, 2013260% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable4750
Solids, total suspended4640
Solids, total dissolved4620
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]0600
Copper, total recoverable4590
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6510
pH4460
Temperature, water deg. centigrade4440
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]4260
Chromium, total recoverable0180
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]0180
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Pimephales1130
Heat [winter] [per hour]280
Heat [summer] [per hour]260
Chlorine produced oxidants060
Net rate of additionof heat060
LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas150
Temp. difference, winter [deg. C]040
Temp. difference, summer [deg. C]020

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
April 16, 2019Permit Violations - Application IncompleteST6

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.