Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0040304
UMASS BOSTON, Dorchester, MA: NPDES MA0040304 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UMASS BOSTON, held by University of Massachusetts Boston, holds NPDES permit MA0040304, which discharges to Dorchester Bay. 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 filed | UMASS BOSTON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| NPDES ID | MA0040304 |
| 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 | February 7, 2013 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2018 |
| Address | Dorchester, MA 02125 |
| Receiving water | Dorchester Bay |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Charles River-Frontal Boston Harbor (HUC 010900010704) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD991302365; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002511900763 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 5 | 118 | 118 | July 31, 2026 | 100% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 3 | 11 | 11 | March 31, 2023 | 71% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature Increase Deg. F | 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 MA0040304.
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.