Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0040177
BROX INDUSTRIES, INC, Dracut, MA: NPDES MA0040177 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BROX INDUSTRIES, INC, held by BROX INDUSTRIES, holds NPDES permit MA0040177, which discharges to Wetland, Unnamed Brook, Merrimack. EPA’s file records it issued March 22, 2007 and expiring May 31, 2012. 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 | BROX INDUSTRIES, INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BROX INDUSTRIES |
| NPDES ID | MA0040177 |
| 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 | March 22, 2007 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2012 |
| Address | Dracut, MA 01826 |
| Receiving water | WETLAND, UNNAMED BROOK, MERRIMACK |
| Subwatershed | Fish Brook-Merrimack River (HUC 010700061207) |
| SIC | 1429 – Crushed And Broken Stone |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD985267798; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002512100259 |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 17 | 11 | April 30, 2011 | 64% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 11 | 1 | November 30, 2004 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perchlorate [ClO4] | 1 | 2 | 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 MA0040177.
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.