Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100447
GREATER LAWRENCE SANITARY DISTRICT, No Andover, MA: NPDES MA0100447 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREATER LAWRENCE SANITARY DISTRICT holds NPDES permit MA0100447, which discharges to Merrimack River. EPA’s file records it issued August 11, 2005 and expiring September 30, 2010. 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 | GREATER LAWRENCE SANITARY DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREATER LAWRENCE SANITARY DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | MA0100447 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 11, 2005 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2010 |
| Address | No Andover, MA 01845 |
| Receiving water | MERRIMACK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Spicket River (HUC 010700061102) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD084645563; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002512100242 |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 63 | 61 | January 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 30 | 29 | January 31, 2024 | 136% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 25 | 24 | March 31, 2024 | 568% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 14 | 14 | April 30, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 12 | 10 | October 31, 2004 | 292% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2023 | 67% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 12 | 3 | May 31, 2002 | 29% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2006 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2023 | 120% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 1998 | 2% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [TKN] [water] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 MA0100447.
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.