Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0101508
CHICOPEE W P C F, Chicopee, MA: NPDES MA0101508 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHICOPEE W P C F holds NPDES permit MA0101508, which discharges to Connecticut & Chicopee Rivers. EPA’s file records it issued August 15, 2012 and expiring October 31, 2017. 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 | CHICOPEE W P C F |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHICOPEE W P C F |
| NPDES ID | MA0101508 |
| 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 15, 2012 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2017 |
| Address | Chicopee, MA 01013 |
| Receiving water | CONNECTICUT & CHICOPEE RIVERS |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Stony Brook-Connecticut River (HUC 010802010702) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD000844035 |
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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 30With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 19 | 210 | 135 | June 30, 2026 | 500% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 19 | 201 | 126 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 109 | 89 | November 30, 2004 | |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 8 | 67 | 49 | July 31, 2026 | 176,337% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 40 | 33 | February 28, 2026 | 94% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 28 | 26 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 33 | 25 | July 31, 2026 | 780% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 17 | 11 | June 30, 2021 | 96% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 11 | 11 | October 31, 2010 | 200% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 11 | 34 | 7 | August 31, 2022 | 184% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [TKN] [water] | 6 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | PR: Failure of the Control Authority to publish for SNC (Level II - Other) | EP6 |
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.