Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NJ0024643
RAHWAY VALLEY SEWERAGE AUTH, Rahway City, NJ: NPDES NJ0024643 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RAHWAY VALLEY SEWERAGE AUTH holds NPDES permit NJ0024643. EPA’s file records it issued August 25, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 | RAHWAY VALLEY SEWERAGE AUTH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RAHWAY VALLEY SEWERAGE AUTH |
| NPDES ID | NJ0024643 |
| 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 | August 25, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Address | Rahway City, NJ 07065 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Rahway River (HUC 020301040104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 | 7 | 36 | 36 | February 28, 2026 | 150% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 7 | April 30, 2026 | 976% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 6% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2012 | 33% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 20% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 2 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| May 8, 2024 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Implement SWPPP/SWMP | 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 15, 2026.