Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0028801
ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY, Holden, MA: NPDES MA0028801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY, held by ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY INC, holds NPDES permit MA0028801, which discharges to Chaffins Brook. EPA’s file records it issued July 17, 2006 and expiring June 30, 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 | ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY INC |
| NPDES ID | MA0028801 |
| 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 17, 2006 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2011 |
| Address | Holden, MA 01520 |
| Receiving water | CHAFFINS BROOK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Quinapoxet River (HUC 010700040201) |
| SIC | 8733 – Noncommercial Research Organizations |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source MA0000002511800399 |
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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 11 | 1 | July 31, 2021 | 37% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Rhodamine WT dye | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Specific Conductance | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Color | 0 | 4 | 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 MA0028801.
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.