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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RIR50N015

J & S SCRAP METAL & RECYCLING, Johnston, RI: NPDES RIR50N015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

J & S SCRAP METAL & RECYCLING, held by J&S SCRAP METAL AND RECYCLING, holds NPDES permit RIR50N015, which discharges to Simmons Brook. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2019 and expiring May 2, 2024. 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 filedJ & S SCRAP METAL & RECYCLING
Permittee as filedJ&S SCRAP METAL AND RECYCLING
NPDES IDRIR50N015
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
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedDecember 6, 2019
Expiration dateMay 2, 2024
Issuing agencyRIDEM
AddressJohnston, RI 02919
Receiving waterSIMMONS BROOK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPocassett River (HUC 010900040608)

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
Solids, total suspended2180
Copper, total [as Cu]2180
Lead, total [as Pb]2180
Zinc, total [as Zn]2180
Aluminum, total [as Al]2180
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2180
Enterococci2170
Iron, total [as Fe]2160
Oil & Grease2140
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]110

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES RIR50N015.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 30, 2022WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)ST6
January 30, 2021WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)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.