Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0026221
NYCDEP - ROCKAWAY WRRF, Far Rockaway, NY: NPDES NY0026221 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NYCDEP - ROCKAWAY WRRF, held by NYC DEPT OF ENVIR PROTECTION, holds NPDES permit NY0026221, which discharges to Jamaica Bay. EPA’s file records it issued October 16, 2015 and expiring October 31, 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 | NYCDEP - ROCKAWAY WRRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NYC DEPT OF ENVIR PROTECTION |
| NPDES ID | NY0026221 |
| 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 | October 16, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Far Rockaway, NY 11694 |
| Receiving water | JAMAICA BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hook Creek-Head of Bay (HUC 020302020101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 42 | 12 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 8 | 8 | June 30, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 8 | 8 | September 30, 2023 | 155% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 6 | March 31, 2025 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 15 | 5 | October 31, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 6 | 3 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2020 | 32% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 48Hr Acute Mysidopsis Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU 48Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatus | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal Chronic Cyprinodeon variegatus | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 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 NY0026221.
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.