Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0004936
PATRIOT BEVERAGES LLC, Littleton, MA: NPDES MA0004936 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PATRIOT BEVERAGES LLC, held by VERYFINE PRODUCTS, INC., holds NPDES permit MA0004936, which discharges to Reedy Meadow Brook. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2006 and expiring October 31, 2011. 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 | PATRIOT BEVERAGES LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VERYFINE PRODUCTS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | MA0004936 |
| 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 | September 1, 2006 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2011 |
| Address | Littleton, MA 01460 |
| Receiving water | REEDY MEADOW BROOK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Stony Brook (HUC 010700061202) |
| SIC | 2033 – Canned Fruits And Vegetables |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD980194518; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002512100907 |
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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 170 | 46 | July 31, 2026 | 330% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 53 | 29 | December 31, 2025 | 1,528% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 30 | 20 | July 31, 2026 | 233% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 47 | 18 | March 31, 2024 | 4,330% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 44 | 12 | November 30, 2021 | |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 38 | 12 | October 31, 2023 | 3,610% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 15 | 5 | July 31, 2026 | 6% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 8 | 5 | January 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 19 | 4 | May 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 4% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 26 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Streptococci, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fecal streptococci, MF m-enterococcus ag | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 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 MA0004936.
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.