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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0040483

POLAR BEVERAGES, Worcester, MA: NPDES MA0040483 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

POLAR BEVERAGES, held by Polar Beverages, holds NPDES permit MA0040483, which discharges to Middle River. EPA’s file records it issued April 7, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020. 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 filedPOLAR BEVERAGES
Permittee as filedPolar Beverages
NPDES IDMA0040483
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
IssuedApril 7, 2015
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2020
AddressWorcester, MA 01610
Receiving waterMiddle River
SubwatershedHeadwaters Charles River (HUC 010900010601)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
pH240
Solids, total suspended240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Chlorine, total residual240
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MA0040483.

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 MA0040483.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MA0040483, held by POLAR BEVERAGES in Worcester, MA, which discharges to Middle River in the Headwaters Charles River watershed (HUC 010900010601). The permit was issued April 7, 2015, expired March 31, 2020, and is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class 5 status. The page lists 5 pollutants on file, 5 under a numeric limit, 5 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.