Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0025704
CSX TRANSPORATION, Allston, MA: NPDES MA0025704 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CSX TRANSPORATION, held by CSX TRANSPORATION-BEACON PARK, holds NPDES permit MA0025704, which discharges to Charles River Via Salt Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2005 and expiring August 31, 2010. 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 | CSX TRANSPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CSX TRANSPORATION-BEACON PARK |
| NPDES ID | MA0025704 |
| 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 | July 1, 2005 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2010 |
| Address | Allston, MA 02134 |
| Receiving water | CHARLES RIVER VIA SALT CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Charles River-Frontal Boston Harbor (HUC 010900010704) |
| SIC | 4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD000844076; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002502502134 |
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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 | 153 | 57 | October 31, 2011 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 90 | 16 | October 31, 2005 | 864% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 6 | 45 | 7 | March 31, 2010 | 118% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 39 | 3 | June 30, 1999 | 747% over the limit |
| Benzene | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 1 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, petroleum | 1 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin, dry weight | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 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 MA0025704.
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.