Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0028037
SPRAGUE ENERGY, Quincy, MA: NPDES MA0028037 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPRAGUE ENERGY, held by SPRAGUE TWIN RIVERS TECH TERM, holds NPDES permit MA0028037, which discharges to Town River To Weymouth Fore River. EPA’s file records it issued May 12, 2011 and expiring May 31, 2016. 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 | SPRAGUE ENERGY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SPRAGUE TWIN RIVERS TECH TERM |
| NPDES ID | MA0028037 |
| 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 12, 2011 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2016 |
| Address | Quincy, MA 02169 |
| Receiving water | TOWN RIVER TO WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Monatiquot River-Frontal Quincy Bay (HUC 010900010901) |
| SIC | 5171 – Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD000846154; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002511901421 |
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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 2 | 34 | 9 | September 30, 2025 | 300% over the limit |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 18 | 5 | July 31, 2026 | 415,285% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 25 | 2 | September 30, 2007 | |
| Flow, total | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| p-Xylene | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) | 0 | 3 | 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 MA0028037.
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.