Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0003905
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC, Marietta, OH: NPDES OH0003905 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 80Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC, held by Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, holds NPDES permit OH0003905, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2019. 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 | SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC |
| NPDES ID | OH0003905 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 30, 2015 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2019 |
| Address | Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Receiving water | Ohio River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Mile Run-Ohio River (HUC 050302020102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 80Pollutants on file
- 80Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 80 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 8 | 8 | June 30, 2015 | 189% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 6 | 6 | June 30, 2017 | 132% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2005 | 38% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | 21% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2014 | |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrotoluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,6-Dinitrotoluene | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 4 | 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 OH0003905.
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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