Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0003531
SAINT GOBAIN CERTAIN TEED CORP, Norwood, MA: NPDES MA0003531 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAINT GOBAIN CERTAIN TEED CORP, held by BIRD, INC. DBA - CERTAIN TEED, holds NPDES permit MA0003531, which discharges to Neponset River. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2005 and expiring November 19, 2010. 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 | SAINT GOBAIN CERTAIN TEED CORP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BIRD, INC. DBA - CERTAIN TEED |
| NPDES ID | MA0003531 |
| 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 20, 2005 |
| Expiration date | November 19, 2010 |
| Address | Norwood, MA 02062 |
| Receiving water | NEPONSET RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Charles River-Frontal Boston Harbor (HUC 010900010704) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD039324009; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002511901168 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 8 | 129 | 109 | March 31, 2026 | 2,400% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 31 | 15 | December 31, 2011 | |
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 12 | 10 | December 31, 2013 | 265% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 7 | 7 | February 29, 2024 | 154% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 20 | 3 | February 28, 2013 | 483% over the limit |
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, gallons/batch | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total Organic Carbon % Removal | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Specific Conductance | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 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 MA0003531.
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.