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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0001791

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC., Attleboro, MA: NPDES MA0001791 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC., held by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC., holds NPDES permit MA0001791, which discharges to Speedway/Tenmile;Coopers Pd -Brook,. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2000 and expiring September 30, 2004. 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 filedTEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC.
Permittee as filedTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC.
NPDES IDMA0001791
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 20, 2000
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2004
AddressAttleboro, MA 02703
Receiving waterSPEEDWAY/TENMILE;COOPERS PD -BROOK,
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWading River (HUC 010900040301)

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
Trichloroethene46153November 30, 20244,200% over the limit
pH63420July 31, 2026
Trichloroethylene12420November 30, 20244,400% over the limit
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene41911October 31, 2013343% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant7120
Chloroform5120
Vinyl chloride4120
Tetrachloroethene4100
Silver, total [as Ag]250
Copper, total [as Cu]240
Lead, total [as Pb]240
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Zinc, total [as Zn]240
Aluminum, total [as Al]240
Priority Pollutants040
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]400
Solids, total suspended200
Oil & Grease200
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Fluoride, total [as F]200
Boron, total [as B]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]200
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]200
Iron, total [as Fe]200
Tin, total [as Sn]200
Selenium, total [as Se]200
Palladium, total [as Pd]200
Chlorine, total residual200
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit100
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene100
Temp. diff. between intake and discharge100
Organics, total toxic [TTO]100
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia100
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100
NOEL Static 4Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Noel Static 4Day Chronic Pimephales100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MA0001791.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MA0001791, held by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. for its Attleboro, MA facility, which discharges to Speedway/Tenmile;Coopers Pd -Brook. The permit is administratively continued and is classed as a Major Discharger, with 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The page lists 39 pollutants on file, 38 of them under a numeric limit.