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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NYR00B831

USPS UTICA VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, Utica, NY: NPDES NYR00B831 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

USPS UTICA VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, held by UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, holds NPDES permit NYR00B831, which discharges to Mohawk River, Main Stem. EPA’s file records it issued February 16, 2018 and expiring February 28, 2023. 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 filedUSPS UTICA VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY
Permittee as filedUNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
NPDES IDNYR00B831
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedFebruary 16, 2018
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2023
Issuing agencyNYSDEC
AddressUtica, NY 13504
Receiving waterMOHAWK RIVER, MAIN STEM
SubwatershedReall Creek-Mohawk River (HUC 020200040311)

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
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]480
Oil & Grease220
Toluene220
Benzene220
Ethylbenzene220
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]220

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NYR00B831.

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 NYR00B831.

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.