Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0226424
STEEL FOREST LLC, Commack, NY: NPDES NY0226424 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STEEL FOREST LLC, held by FOREST LABORATORIES, INC, holds NPDES permit NY0226424, which discharges to Gw. EPA’s file records it issued August 26, 2009 and expiring January 31, 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 | STEEL FOREST LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOREST LABORATORIES, INC |
| NPDES ID | NY0226424 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 26, 2009 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Commack, NY 11725 |
| Receiving water | GW |
| Subwatershed | Sampawams Creek (HUC 020302020403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 56 | 44 | November 30, 2012 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 20 | 20 | November 30, 2012 | 643% over the limit |
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 4 | 11 | 6 | December 31, 2010 | 423% over the limit |
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 2 | 6 | 5 | October 31, 2011 | 49,900% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 8 | 4 | March 31, 2012 | 462% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 9 | 3 | July 31, 2010 | 163% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 9 | 7 | 1 | September 30, 2010 | 25% over the limit |
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Diethylaminoethanol | 2 | 5 | 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 NY0226424.
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.