Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0101061
NORTH BROOKFIELD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, North Brookfield, MA: NPDES MA0101061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTH BROOKFIELD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by NORTH BROOKFIELD W W T P, holds NPDES permit MA0101061, which discharges to Dunn Brook. EPA’s file records it issued March 19, 2007 and expiring May 31, 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 | NORTH BROOKFIELD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTH BROOKFIELD W W T P |
| NPDES ID | MA0101061 |
| 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 | March 19, 2007 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2012 |
| Address | North Brookfield, MA 01535 |
| Receiving water | DUNN BROOK |
| Subwatershed | Kettle Brook (HUC 010900030101) |
| Program components on file | 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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 recoverable | 0 | 151 | 151 | October 31, 2002 | 3,592% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 95 | 94 | September 30, 2022 | 475% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 92 | 92 | March 31, 2022 | 185% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 69 | 69 | March 31, 2022 | 462% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 59 | 58 | September 30, 2021 | 593% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 10 | 10 | June 30, 2023 | 50% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 9 | March 31, 2014 | |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 11 | 6 | November 30, 2016 | 94% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 10 | 6 | April 30, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2023 | 201% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 6 | 4 | August 31, 2001 | 94% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 2 | March 31, 2001 | 12% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 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 MA0101061.
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.