Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NJ0021016
PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMM, Newark City, NJ: NPDES NJ0021016 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMM holds NPDES permit NJ0021016. EPA’s file records it issued March 12, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 | PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMM |
| NPDES ID | NJ0021016 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 12, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Newark City, NJ 07105 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Newark Bay (HUC 020301040203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 380 | 114 | May 31, 2026 | 340% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 14 | 318 | 35 | May 31, 2026 | 195% over the limit |
| Chlorine produced oxidants | 8 | 157 | 5 | September 30, 2021 | 187% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 163 | 3 | May 31, 2022 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 77 | 1 | November 30, 2012 | 257% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 12 | 228 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 8 | 156 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 8 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 8 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 8 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 114 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 76 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters | 8 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 4 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2023 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Discharge without a permit | ST6 |
| December 23, 2020 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Discharge without a permit | ST6 |
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.