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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0260525

SI GROUP, INC - CONGRESS, Schenectady, NY: NPDES NY0260525 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SI GROUP, INC - CONGRESS, held by SI GROUP, INC, holds NPDES permit NY0260525, which discharges to Cowhorn Ck. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2017 and expiring July 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 filedSI GROUP, INC - CONGRESS
Permittee as filedSI GROUP, INC
NPDES IDNY0260525
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 20, 2017
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2022
Issuing agencyNYSDEC
AddressSchenectady, NY 12301
Receiving waterCOWHORN CK
SubwatershedPoentic Kill-Mohawk River (HUC 020200041108)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total dissolved163513March 31, 2026158% over the limit
Solids, total suspended124410September 30, 2018750% over the limit
Solids, settleable4155March 31, 20141,400% over the limit
Oil & Grease12353July 31, 2019567% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual4173November 30, 201215,900% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6151October 31, 201215% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]491November 30, 201113% over the limit
pH6170
Copper, total [as Cu]480
Phenolics, total recoverable280
Mercury, total [as Hg]460

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NY0260525.

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.