Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0243876
LACKAWANNA PLANT-REPUBLIC STEEL, Blasdell, NY: NPDES NY0243876 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LACKAWANNA PLANT-REPUBLIC STEEL, held by REPUBLIC STEEL, holds NPDES permit NY0243876, which discharges to Blasdell Ck S Br. EPA’s file records it issued January 7, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020. 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 | LACKAWANNA PLANT-REPUBLIC STEEL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | REPUBLIC STEEL |
| NPDES ID | NY0243876 |
| 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 | January 7, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Blasdell, NY 14219 |
| Receiving water | BLASDELL CK S BR |
| Subwatershed | Rush Creek-Frontal Lake Erie (HUC 041201030402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 76 | 62 | April 30, 2022 | 99,233% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 24 | 17 | June 30, 2015 | 4,179% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 35 | 13 | February 28, 2025 | 1,107% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 15 | 9 | December 31, 2025 | 667% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 36 | 4 | October 31, 2024 | 156% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 3 | 10 | 3 | January 31, 2025 | 99,900% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 39 | 2 | October 31, 2024 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 10 | 2 | June 30, 2014 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 15 | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 101% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 14 | 1 | July 31, 2011 | 0% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 8 | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 580% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 0 | 1 | 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 NY0243876.
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.