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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIG85E004

FORMER GORHAM MFG. FACILITY, Providence, RI: NPDES RIG85E004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FORMER GORHAM MFG. FACILITY, held by TEXTRON, INC., holds NPDES permit RIG85E004, which discharges to Mashapaug Pond. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2018. 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 filedFORMER GORHAM MFG. FACILITY
Permittee as filedTEXTRON, INC.
NPDES IDRIG85E004
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 1, 2013
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2018
AddressProvidence, RI 02903
Receiving waterMASHAPAUG POND
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPawtuxet River (HUC 010900040609)

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
Copper, total recoverable23030September 30, 202015,464% over the limit
Silver total recoverable21414September 30, 20181,190% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable21313September 30, 20202,970% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable21111March 31, 20202,361% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable255March 31, 2016150% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable233December 31, 2017400% over the limit
Solids, total suspended200
1,1-Dichloroethane200
1,1-Dichloroethylene200
1,1,1-Trichloroethane200
Vinyl chloride200
Trichloroethylene200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene200
Tetrachloroethylene200

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 RIG85E004.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.