Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0257613
RENSSELAER FALLS WWTP, Rensselaer Falls, NY: NPDES NY0257613 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RENSSELAER FALLS WWTP, held by RENSSELAER FALLS (V), holds NPDES permit NY0257613, which discharges to Oswegatchie R. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 | RENSSELAER FALLS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RENSSELAER FALLS (V) |
| NPDES ID | NY0257613 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Rensselaer Falls, NY 13680 |
| Receiving water | OSWEGATCHIE R |
| Subwatershed | Barter Creek-Oswegatchie River (HUC 041503020904) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 48 | 26 | March 31, 2025 | 467% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 22 | 18 | March 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 14 | 10 | September 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 12 | 8 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 5 | 4 | March 31, 2025 | 277% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 28 | 2 | March 31, 2009 | 300% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 2 | August 31, 2023 | 293% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2006 | 5,900% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NY0257613.
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.