Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0005037
RAVENA CEMENT PLANT, Ravena, NY: NPDES NY0005037 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RAVENA CEMENT PLANT, held by LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS, INC, holds NPDES permit NY0005037, which discharges to Coeyman'S Ck. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2010 and expiring September 30, 2015. 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 | RAVENA CEMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS, INC |
| NPDES ID | NY0005037 |
| 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 | August 30, 2010 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Ravena, NY 12143 |
| Receiving water | COEYMAN'S CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Onesquethaw Creek (HUC 020200060402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 | 58 | 322 | 245 | February 28, 2025 | 2,844% over the limit |
| pH | 56 | 190 | 89 | August 31, 2019 | |
| Solids, settleable | 54 | 90 | 57 | September 30, 2022 | 84,900% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 63 | 53 | August 31, 2018 | 750% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 50 | 45 | April 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 85 | 28 | August 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 4 | 22 | 21 | June 30, 2017 | 400% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 20 | 20 | July 31, 2015 | 1,730% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 46 | 25 | 7 | June 30, 2020 | 653% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 9 | 7 | December 31, 2024 | 97% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 28 | 6 | March 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 22 | 5 | March 31, 2025 | 58% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F | 1 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2007 | 119% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 19 | 1 | February 28, 2017 | 90% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 24 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 8 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sulfite [as SO3] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, recycled | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | EP6 |
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.