Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0000469
SEAMAN PAPER OF MASSACHUSETTS, Templeton, MA: NPDES MA0000469 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SEAMAN PAPER OF MASSACHUSETTS, held by SEAMAN PAPER CO OF MASS INC, holds NPDES permit MA0000469, which discharges to Otter River. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2015 and expiring February 28, 2020. 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 | SEAMAN PAPER OF MASSACHUSETTS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SEAMAN PAPER CO OF MASS INC |
| NPDES ID | MA0000469 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 28, 2015 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2020 |
| Address | Templeton, MA 01436 |
| Receiving water | OTTER RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Otter River (HUC 010802020201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 11 | 11 | October 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2004 | 75% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2024 | 92% over the limit |
| NOEL Static 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2024 | 80% over the limit |
| Noael Statre 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia | 0 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2004 | 40% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 6 | 15 | 1 | April 30, 2012 | 1% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2001 | 1% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2003 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2006 | 6% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific Conductance | 1 | 0 | 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 MA0000469.
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.