Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0000272
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD, East Deerfield, MA: NPDES MA0000272 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD, held by BOSTON and MAIN CORP, holds NPDES permit MA0000272, which discharges to Connecticut River. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2005 and expiring November 22, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BOSTON and MAIN CORP |
| NPDES ID | MA0000272 |
| 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 |
| Issued | September 23, 2005 |
| Expiration date | November 22, 2010 |
| Address | East Deerfield, MA 01342 |
| Receiving water | CONNECTICUT RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Russellville Brook-Connecticut River (HUC 010802010602) |
| SIC | 4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD991289018; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002504200227 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 49Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 49With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow rate | 4 | 316 | 52 | May 31, 2025 | 188% over the limit |
| Temperature Increase Deg. F | 0 | 102 | 34 | July 31, 2026 | 45% over the limit |
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 2 | 46 | 24 | February 28, 2026 | 7,233% over the limit |
| pH | 7 | 230 | 17 | May 31, 2025 | |
| Oil & Grease | 12 | 184 | 12 | January 31, 2026 | 1,433% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 54 | 10 | October 31, 2005 | 669% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 297 | 1 | July 31, 2020 | 1,900% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 5 | 155 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 5 | 95 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 5 | 95 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 5 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 5 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 5 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 5 | 90 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 10 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 5 | 80 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 0 | 71 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 5 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 5 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 5 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 5 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 5 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 5 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Asbestos | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 5 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 5 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 2 | 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 MA0000272.
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 October 14, 2026.