Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0033987
MBTA QUINCY PUMP STATION, Quincy, MA: NPDES MA0033987 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MBTA QUINCY PUMP STATION, held by MBTA QUINCY PUMPING STATION, holds NPDES permit MA0033987, which discharges to Town Brook To Weymouth Fore River. EPA’s file records it issued May 4, 2007 and expiring June 30, 2012. 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 | MBTA QUINCY PUMP STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MBTA QUINCY PUMPING STATION |
| NPDES ID | MA0033987 |
| 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 4, 2007 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2012 |
| Address | Quincy, MA 02169 |
| Receiving water | TOWN BROOK TO WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Monatiquot River-Frontal Quincy Bay (HUC 010900010901) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Events | 4 | 342 | 142 | June 30, 2025 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 368 | 52 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 122 | 25 | June 30, 2007 | 60,949,436% over the limit |
| NOEL Static 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 33 | 11 | December 31, 2024 | 94% over the limit |
| Noel Static 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 28 | 6 | March 31, 2023 | 94% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 50 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | 127% over the limit |
| Noael Statre 48Hr Acute Menidia | 0 | 20 | 1 | December 31, 1998 | 75% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 200 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 161 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Specific Conductance | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Volatile fraction organics [EPA 624] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 1 | 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 MA0033987.
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.