Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0028193
SAUGUS RESCO RESOURCE RECOVERY, Saugus, MA: NPDES MA0028193 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAUGUS RESCO RESOURCE RECOVERY, held by RESCO RESOURCE RECOVERY FAC., holds NPDES permit MA0028193, which discharges to Saugus River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 1991 and expiring September 30, 1996. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SAUGUS RESCO RESOURCE RECOVERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RESCO RESOURCE RECOVERY FAC. |
| NPDES ID | MA0028193 |
| 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 30, 1991 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 1996 |
| Address | Saugus, MA 01906 |
| Receiving water | SAUGUS RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Saugus River-Frontal Broad Sound (HUC 010900010402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 5Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F | 1 | 11 | 9 | May 31, 2009 | 85% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 13 | 6 | July 31, 2019 | 1% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 4 | February 28, 2009 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 2 | September 30, 2023 | 3% over the limit |
| Temperature Increase Deg. F | 0 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2015 | 9% over the limit |
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 MA0028193.
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 September 15, 2026.