Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100919
SPENCER W W T P, Spencer, MA: NPDES MA0100919 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPENCER W W T P, held by Town of Spencer Sewer Commission, holds NPDES permit MA0100919, which discharges to Cranberry Brook (Seven Mile River). EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2007 and expiring November 30, 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 | SPENCER W W T P |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Spencer Sewer Commission |
| NPDES ID | MA0100919 |
| 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 | September 27, 2007 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2012 |
| Address | Spencer, MA 01562 |
| Receiving water | CRANBERRY BROOK (SEVEN MILE RIVER) |
| Subwatershed | Sevenmile River (HUC 010802040301) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 49 | 45 | October 31, 2020 | 2,500% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 37 | 31 | May 31, 2019 | 2,459% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 32 | 30 | October 31, 2007 | 37% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 29 | 18 | October 31, 2019 | 95% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 14 | 25 | 17 | September 30, 2015 | 436% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 1 | 14 | 12 | May 31, 2022 | 4% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 16 | 10 | March 31, 1998 | 60% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 1997 | 8,233% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 10 | 2 | July 31, 1997 | 39% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 2 | August 31, 2020 | 86% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 1993 | |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 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 MA0100919.
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.