Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0044998

POLAR BEVERAGES, Worcester, MA: NPDES MA0044998 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
46Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

POLAR BEVERAGES holds NPDES permit MA0044998, which discharges to Middle River-Blackstone River Basin. EPA’s file records it issued May 20, 2025 and expiring May 31, 2030. 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	POLAR BEVERAGES
Permittee as filed	POLAR BEVERAGES
NPDES ID	MA0044998
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 20, 2025
Expiration date	May 31, 2030
Address	Worcester, MA 01610
Receiving water	MIDDLE RIVER-BLACKSTONE RIVER BASIN
Subwatershed	Headwaters Charles River (HUC 010900010601)
SIC	2086 – Bottled And Canned Soft Drinks

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

46Pollutants on file
46Under a numeric limit
46With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	2	26
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	26
Chlorine, total residual	2	26
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	13
Solids, total suspended	1	13
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	1	2
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)	1	2
Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA)	1	2
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)	1	2
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)	1	2
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)	1	2
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)	1	2
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)	1	2
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)	1	2
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)	1	2
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)	1	2
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA)	1	2
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE)	1	2
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE)	1	2
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)	1	2
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)	1	2
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)	1	2
Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS)	1	2
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)	1	2
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)	1	2
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)	1	2
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)	1	2
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)	1	2
1H,1H, 2H, 2H-Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)	1	2
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)	1	2
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS)	1	2
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)	1	2
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)	1	2
Perfluoro(2-ethoxyethane)sulfonic acid (PFEESA)	1	2
Perfluorododecanesulfonic acid (PFDoS)	1	2
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)	1	2
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NMeFOSA)	1	2
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NEtFOSA)	1	2
3-Perfluoropropyl propanoic acid (3:3 FTCA)	1	2
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)	1	2
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)	1	2
11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)	1	2
3-Perfluoroheptyl propanoic acid (7:3 FTCA)	1	2
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)	1	2
2H,2H,3H,3H-Perfluorooctanoic acid (5:3 FTCA)	1	2
Fluorine, adsorbable organic	1	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MA0044998.

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 MA0044998.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MA0044998, held by POLAR BEVERAGES of Worcester, MA, which discharges to the Middle River-Blackstone River Basin, with its status shown as Effective and its discharger class as Minor. The page lists 46 pollutants on file, all of them under a numeric limit, with 0 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued May 20, 2025 and expires May 31, 2030.