Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0030350
GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY, Byfield, MA: NPDES MA0030350 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY holds NPDES permit MA0030350, which discharges to Unnamed Stream,Mill Stream, Parker. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2011 and expiring November 30, 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 | GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY |
| NPDES ID | MA0030350 |
| 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 |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | September 27, 2011 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2016 |
| Address | Byfield, MA 01922 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED STREAM,MILL STREAM, PARKER |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Parker River-Frontal Atlantic Ocean (HUC 010900010102) |
| SIC | 8211 – Elementary And Secondary Schools |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAR000609560 |
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
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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] | 6 | 229 | 209 | May 31, 2026 | 246% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 136 | 136 | January 31, 2004 | 2,320% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 141 | 126 | September 30, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 113 | 94 | March 31, 2025 | 2,280% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 85 | 81 | May 31, 2015 | 302,226% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 41 | 41 | December 31, 2001 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 39 | 33 | May 31, 2004 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 58 | 31 | October 31, 2022 | 310% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 17 | 4 | September 30, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 9 | 3 | July 31, 2000 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 14 | 1 | July 31, 2000 | 29% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 12 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 244% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 9 | 1 | September 30, 1997 | 67% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2013 | 4% over the limit |
| NOEC Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 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 MA0030350.
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.