Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0000132
ALCOA - EAST, Massena, NY: NPDES NY0000132 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 42Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALCOA - EAST, held by REYNOLDS METALS CO, holds NPDES permit NY0000132, which discharges to St Lawrence R. EPA’s file records it issued February 17, 2009 and expiring May 31, 2014. 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 | ALCOA - EAST |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | REYNOLDS METALS CO |
| NPDES ID | NY0000132 |
| 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 |
| Issued | February 17, 2009 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Massena, NY 13662 |
| Receiving water | ST LAWRENCE R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Raquette Creek-Frontal Saint Lawrence River (HUC 041503010302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 51Pollutants on file
- 42Under a numeric limit
- 45With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 44 | 80 | 23 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 44 | 102 | 13 | February 28, 2025 | 300% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 52 | 83 | 6 | December 31, 2006 | 73% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 80 | 81 | 6 | May 31, 2014 | 24,567% over the limit |
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 36 | 74 | 6 | March 31, 2004 | 170% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 20 | 53 | 6 | September 30, 2012 | 600% over the limit |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 24 | 41 | 6 | February 28, 2022 | 3,025% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 12 | 9 | 6 | August 31, 2012 | 43% over the limit |
| pH | 18 | 10 | 4 | May 31, 2010 | |
| Flow rate | 0 | 6 | 4 | April 30, 2002 | 3% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 36 | 94 | 3 | January 31, 2020 | 30% over the limit |
| PCB-1248 | 56 | 76 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 267% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 18 | 6 | 2 | August 31, 1999 | 15% over the limit |
| PCB-1242 | 56 | 75 | 1 | September 30, 2000 | 245% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 12 | 35 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | 80% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 12 | 9 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | 100% over the limit |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 12 | 5 | 1 | February 28, 2022 | 346% over the limit |
| PCB-1260 | 56 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 40 | 82 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1254 | 56 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 28 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 20 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 12 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 12 | 23 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total agg concentration #1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Discharge event observation [Visual Monitoring] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NY0000132.
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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