Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0000825
GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC, Revere, MA: NPDES MA0000825 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 46Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC holds NPDES permit MA0000825, which discharges to Chelsea River; Boston Harbor Ws. EPA’s file records it issued September 24, 2014 and expiring November 30, 2019. 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 | GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC |
| NPDES ID | MA0000825 |
| 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 24, 2014 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2019 |
| Address | Revere, MA 02151 |
| Receiving water | CHELSEA RIVER; BOSTON HARBOR WS |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Saugus River-Frontal Broad Sound (HUC 010900010402) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAR000502187 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 48Pollutants on file
- 46Under a numeric limit
- 40With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 30 | 24 | October 31, 2023 | 469% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 11 | 11 | September 30, 2024 | 166% over the limit |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 4 | 13 | 9 | August 31, 2024 | 6,790% over the limit |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 6 | 14 | 8 | July 31, 2024 | 3,540% over the limit |
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 10 | 5 | March 31, 2024 | 2,410% over the limit |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 8 | 4 | March 31, 2024 | 2,700% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2024 | 983% over the limit |
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 4 | 8 | 3 | March 31, 2024 | 1,760% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2024 | 61% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 1 | 5 | 2 | April 30, 2007 | 0% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 2008 | |
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 4 | 6 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 470% over the limit |
| Benzene | 6 | 5 | 1 | January 31, 2023 | 1% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 306% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2023 | 186% over the limit |
| Naphthalene | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Discharge event observation [Visual Monitoring] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| tert-Butyl alcohol [TBA] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethanol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 2 | 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 MA0000825.
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.