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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG250022

SIMONDS INDUSTRIES, Fitchburg, MA: NPDES MAG250022 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SIMONDS INDUSTRIES holds NPDES permit MAG250022, which discharges to Nashua River. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2012 and expiring July 31, 2013. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSIMONDS INDUSTRIES
Permittee as filedSIMONDS INDUSTRIES
NPDES IDMAG250022
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 9, 2012
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2013
AddressFitchburg, MA 01420
Receiving waterNASHUA RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSand Brook-North Nashua River (HUC 010700040102)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MAD019367176

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH47221May 31, 2012
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2355September 30, 201081,200% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit3480
Chlorine, total residual4220
Temperature Increase Deg. F080

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MAG250022.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

SIMONDS INDUSTRIES holds NPDES permit MAG250022, a minor discharger under a general permit, which discharges to the NASHUA RIVER in the Sand Brook-North Nashua River subwatershed (HUC 010700040102). The page lists permit status as administratively continued, with the permit issued March 9, 2012 and expiring July 31, 2013. The page reports 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.