Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0004405
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY, South Boston, MA: NPDES MA0004405 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY, held by COASTAL OIL NEW ENGLAND INC., holds NPDES permit MA0004405, which discharges to Reserved Channel, Boston Harbor. EPA’s file records it issued May 4, 1998 and expiring September 30, 2002. 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 | MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COASTAL OIL NEW ENGLAND INC. |
| NPDES ID | MA0004405 |
| 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 | May 4, 1998 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2002 |
| Address | South Boston, MA 02127 |
| Receiving water | RESERVED CHANNEL, BOSTON HARBOR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Charles River-Frontal Boston Harbor (HUC 010900010704) |
| SIC | 5171 – Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD000844696 |
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
- 30Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 30With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 53 | 3 | December 31, 2004 | 185% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 25 | 2 | October 31, 2008 | |
| Benzene | 0 | 15 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 28% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 1999 | 99% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, total petroleum | 0 | 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 MA0004405.
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 October 14, 2026.