Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0004120
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, INC, Foxboro, MA: NPDES MA0004120 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, INC, held by INVENSYS SYSTEMS, holds NPDES permit MA0004120, which discharges to Neponset Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 1991 and expiring October 30, 1996. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | INVENSYS SYSTEMS |
| NPDES ID | MA0004120 |
| 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 30, 1991 |
| Expiration date | October 30, 1996 |
| Address | Foxboro, MA 02035 |
| Receiving water | NEPONSET RESERVOIR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Neponset River (HUC 010900010801) |
| SIC | 3471 – Plating And Polishing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD001013994; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002512000125 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 283 | 266 | April 30, 2016 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 17 | 15 | September 30, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 11 | 10 | March 31, 2016 | 98% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 6 | 1 | January 31, 1993 | 8% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 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 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Volatile compounds, [GC/MS] | 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 MA0004120.
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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