Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RI0000043
BRADFORD PRINTING AND FINISHING, LLC, Bradford, RI: NPDES RI0000043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRADFORD PRINTING AND FINISHING, LLC holds NPDES permit RI0000043, which discharges to Pawcatuck Wood. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2001 and expiring December 31, 2006. 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 | BRADFORD PRINTING AND FINISHING, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BRADFORD PRINTING AND FINISHING, LLC |
| NPDES ID | RI0000043 |
| 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 | November 30, 2001 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2006 |
| Address | Bradford, RI 02808 |
| Receiving water | PAWCATUCK WOOD |
| Subwatershed | Tomaquag Brook-Pawcatuck River (HUC 010900050205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 130 | 92 | June 30, 2006 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 24 | 488 | 76 | February 29, 2008 | 404% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 24 | 451 | 39 | July 31, 2006 | 1,128% over the limit |
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 24 | 446 | 38 | July 31, 2006 | 128% over the limit |
| Phenols | 24 | 443 | 27 | April 30, 2009 | 1,112% over the limit |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 24 | 435 | 19 | July 31, 2004 | 66% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 23 | 13 | November 30, 2001 | 639% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 38 | 12 | August 31, 2011 | 350% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 35 | 9 | June 30, 2004 | |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 16 | 8 | March 31, 1999 | 83% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 10 | 31 | 5 | August 31, 1995 | 80% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 24 | 418 | 2 | July 31, 2007 | 356% over the limit |
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 8 | 2 | March 31, 2011 | 2,076% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 24 | 416 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 6 | 106 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute D. Pulex | 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 RI0000043.
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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