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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0030571

QUABBIN WIRE & CABLE CO., INC., Ware, MA: NPDES MA0030571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

QUABBIN WIRE & CABLE CO., INC., held by QUABBIN WIRE and CABLE CO., INC., holds NPDES permit MA0030571, which discharges to Ware River. EPA’s file records it issued February 7, 2013 and expiring April 30, 2018. 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 filedQUABBIN WIRE & CABLE CO., INC.
Permittee as filedQUABBIN WIRE and CABLE CO., INC.
NPDES IDMA0030571
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 7, 2013
Expiration dateApril 30, 2018
AddressWare, MA 01082
Receiving waterWARE RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MAD079243143; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002504200323

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant286August 31, 201812% over the limit
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]153December 31, 20212,147,483,650% over the limit
pH440
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit130
Copper, total [as Cu]310
Zinc, total [as Zn]310
Lead, total [as Pb]210
Chlorine, total residual210
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Arsenic, total [as As]010
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas010
Specific conductance200
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]200
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Aluminum, total [as Al]200
Ammonia & ammonium- total200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C100
Solids, total100
Solids, total suspended100
Oil & Grease100
Calcium, total [as Ca]100
Magnesium, total [as Mg]100
Solids, total dissolved100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MA0030571.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MA0030571 held by QUABBIN WIRE & CABLE CO., INC. in Ware, MA, which discharges to the Ware River and is administratively continued. The page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued February 7, 2013 and expiring April 30, 2018.