Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR50N012
SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT, Providence, RI: NPDES RIR50N012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT, held by SMM NEW ENGLAND CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit RIR50N012, which discharges to Providence River-Narragansett Bay. EPA’s file records it issued August 15, 2013 and expiring August 14, 2018. 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 filed | SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SMM NEW ENGLAND CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | RIR50N012 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | August 15, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 14, 2018 |
| Address | Providence, RI 02905 |
| Receiving water | PROVIDENCE RIVER-NARRAGANSETT BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Seekonk River-Providence River (HUC 010900040901) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1221 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1232 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1242 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1248 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1254 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1260 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES RIR50N012.
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
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.