Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0000973
WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJ, West Valley, NY: NPDES NY0000973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 53Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJ, held by U.S. DEPT OF ENERGY, holds NPDES permit NY0000973, which discharges to Erdman Bk. EPA’s file records it issued September 10, 2003 and expiring February 1, 2009. 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 | WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJ |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | U.S. DEPT OF ENERGY |
| NPDES ID | NY0000973 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | September 10, 2003 |
| Expiration date | February 1, 2009 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | West Valley, NY 14171 |
| Receiving water | ERDMAN BK |
| Subwatershed | Buttermilk Creek (HUC 041201020108) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 57Pollutants on file
- 53Under a numeric limit
- 32With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 8 | 10 | 6 | May 31, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 9 | 9 | 2 | January 31, 2013 | 143% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 6 | 2 | June 30, 2003 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 10 | 7 | 1 | October 31, 2011 | 73% over the limit |
| Surfactants [linear alkylate sulfonate] | 4 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | 67% over the limit |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2011 | 50% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, dissolved, [as S] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Titanium, total [as Ti] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-BHC | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tri-n-butyl phosphate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Butanone | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorofluoromethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorodifluoromethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Dodecene, total effluent | 1 | 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 NY0000973.
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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