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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp

Medicinals And Botanicals, major discharger, Rahway City, New Jersey. NPDES permit NJ0002348, in force until Sep 30, 2027. Last 12 months: over a limit 3 times (last May 2026), 5 required values missing, 2 of 11 reports late. Source: EPA ECHO, Oct 22, 2026.

Reports due
About 26 days after each period: form A monthly (49 values)
Renewal application due
Apr 3, 2027 · 180 days before expiry; your permit may set another date
Last report on file
August 2026
Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
0 values over a limit, 53 required values missing, 2 of 12 reports late

Last 12 months (Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026)

Period endingParameterReportedLimitOver by
March 2026Copper, total recoverable, daily maximum110 ug/L≤ 100 ug/L10%
March 2026Copper, total recoverable, daily maximum110 ug/L≤ 100 ug/L10%
May 2026Copper, total recoverable, daily maximum200 ug/L≤ 100 ug/L100%

Limits in force (49)

ParameterStatisticLimitMonths
pHdaily minimum≥ 6 SUall year
pHdaily maximum≤ 9 SUall year
Solids, total suspendedmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year
Solids, total suspendeddaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]monthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]daily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year
Zinc, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Zinc, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 200 ug/Lall year
Copper, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Copper, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 100 ug/Lall year
1,2-Dichloroethanemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
1,2-Dichloroethanedaily maximum≤ 211 ug/Lall year
Chloroformmonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Chloroformdaily maximum≤ 46 ug/Lall year
Benzenemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Benzenedaily maximum≤ 136 ug/Lall year
Benzo[a]pyrenedaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Chlorobenzenemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Chlorobenzenedaily maximum≤ 28 ug/Lall year
Methylene chloridedaily maximum≤ 89 ug/Lall year
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethanemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethanedaily maximum≤ 10 ug/Lall year
PCB-1016daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxindaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]monthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]daily maximum≤ 118 ug/Lall year
Vinyl chloridemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Vinyl chloridedaily maximum≤ 268 ug/Lall year
4,4'-DDTdaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
4,4'-DDDdaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
4,4'-DDEdaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites]daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Dieldrindaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Heptachlor epoxidedaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
PCB-1221daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
PCB-1232daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
PCB-1242daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
PCB-1248daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
PCB-1254daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
PCB-1260daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]daily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Hexachlorobenzenedaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year
Mercury, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (ug/L)all year
Trichloroethenemonthly averagereport only (ug/L)all year
Trichloroethenedaily maximum≤ 54 ug/Lall year
Flow, totalmonthly totalreport only (Mgal/mo)all year
NOAEL Static Renewal 96HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)minimum≥ 100 %all year

How strict are these limits?

Cited limits by parameter: New Jersey's rules and the federal ones.

Same industry: the 20 Chemicals and Allied Products permits in New Jersey.

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