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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0002950

MOENCH TANNING CO, Gowanda, NY: NPDES NY0002950 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MOENCH TANNING CO, held by BROWN SHOE COMPANY, holds NPDES permit NY0002950, which discharges to Cattaraugus Ck. EPA’s file records it issued October 9, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 filedMOENCH TANNING CO
Permittee as filedBROWN SHOE COMPANY
NPDES IDNY0002950
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 9, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
Issuing agencyNYSDEC
AddressGowanda, NY 14070
Receiving waterCATTARAUGUS CK
SubwatershedThatcher Brook-Cattaraugus Creek (HUC 041201020209)

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
Solids, settleable155December 31, 2014233% over the limit
Oil & Grease111June 30, 2007140% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C200
pH200
Solids, total suspended200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Nickel, total [as Ni]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Phenolics, total recoverable100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NY0002950.

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.