Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RI0023485
METALS RECYCLING, LLC, Johnston, RI: NPDES RI0023485 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
METALS RECYCLING, LLC, held by METALS RECYCLING, LLC., holds NPDES permit RI0023485, which discharges to Woonasquatucket River. EPA’s file records it issued January 6, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020. 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 | METALS RECYCLING, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METALS RECYCLING, LLC. |
| NPDES ID | RI0023485 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | January 6, 2015 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2020 |
| Address | Johnston, RI 02919 |
| Receiving water | WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Woonasquatucket River (HUC 010900040502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 11 | 11 | March 31, 2016 | |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 6 | 5 | June 30, 2012 | 500% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1221 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1242 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1248 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1254 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1260 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 RI0023485.
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.