Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0110051
MCLAUGHLIN STATE TROUT HATCHERY BITZER TROUT HATCHERY, Montague, MA: NPDES MA0110051 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MCLAUGHLIN STATE TROUT HATCHERY BITZER TROUT HATCHERY, held by McLAUGHLIN STATE TROUT HATCHERY/BLITZER TROUT HATCHERY, holds NPDES permit MA0110051, which discharges to Connecticut River Trib. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 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 | MCLAUGHLIN STATE TROUT HATCHERY BITZER TROUT HATCHERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | McLAUGHLIN STATE TROUT HATCHERY/BLITZER TROUT HATCHERY |
| NPDES ID | MA0110051 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 26, 2007 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2012 |
| Address | Montague, MA 01351 |
| Receiving water | CONNECTICUT RIVER TRIB |
| Subwatershed | Russellville Brook-Connecticut River (HUC 010802010602) |
| SIC | 0921 – Fish Hatcheries And Preserves |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 141 | 135 | September 30, 2007 | 67% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 60 | 33 | December 31, 2019 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 26 | 5 | August 31, 2012 | 16% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 52 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 52 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Formaldehyde | 1 | 15 | 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 MA0110051.
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.