Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0003930

RODNEY FRENCH, INC. D/B/A RFK RODNEY FRENCH, New Bedford, MA: NPDES MA0003930 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

RODNEY FRENCH, INC. D/B/A RFK RODNEY FRENCH, held by CORNELL-DUBILIER ELECTRONICS, holds NPDES permit MA0003930, which discharges to Acushnet River_estuary. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2000 and expiring February 28, 2006. 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	RODNEY FRENCH, INC. D/B/A RFK RODNEY FRENCH
Permittee as filed	CORNELL-DUBILIER ELECTRONICS
NPDES ID	MA0003930
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	December 28, 2000
Expiration date	February 28, 2006
Address	New Bedford, MA 02744
Receiving water	ACUSHNET RIVER_ESTUARY
Subwatershed	Acushnet River-Frontal Buzzards Bay (HUC 010900020401)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MAD001028745

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
1With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance
pH	27	27	August 31, 2008
Oil & Grease	2	0
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	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 MA0003930.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MA0003930, held by Rodney French, Inc. d/b/a RFK Rodney French in New Bedford, MA, which discharges to the Acushnet River_estuary within the Acushnet River-Frontal Buzzards Bay subwatershed (HUC 010900020401). The permit is listed as administratively continued and a major discharger, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.