Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0216135
NEW YORK AIR BRAKE, Watertown, NY: NPDES NY0216135 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEW YORK AIR BRAKE, held by BALLANTYNE LEGACY HOLDINGS, LLC, holds NPDES permit NY0216135, which discharges to Black R. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NEW YORK AIR BRAKE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BALLANTYNE LEGACY HOLDINGS, LLC |
| NPDES ID | NY0216135 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 25, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Watertown, NY 13601 |
| Receiving water | BLACK R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Kelsey Creek-Black River (HUC 041501011404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 16 | 11 | February 28, 2013 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 10 | 7 | September 30, 2021 | 63% over the limit |
| 1,2-Dichloroethene | 1 | 8 | 6 | January 31, 2010 | 160% over the limit |
| Trichloroethylene | 1 | 5 | 2 | October 31, 2015 | 200% over the limit |
| PCB-1254 | 1 | 4 | 1 | March 31, 2013 | 67% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2013 | 2% over the limit |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 1 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 200% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 13% over the limit |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 0 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 1999 | 310% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1221 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1242 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1248 | 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 NY0216135.
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 14, 2026.