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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG360018

PATRIOT HYDRO, LLC - GARDNER FALLS HYDROELECTRIC STATION, Buckland, MA: NPDES MAG360018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PATRIOT HYDRO, LLC - GARDNER FALLS HYDROELECTRIC STATION, held by PATRIOT HYDRO, LLC GARDNERS FALLS STATION, holds NPDES permit MAG360018, which discharges to Deerfield River. EPA’s file records it issued September 3, 2010 and expiring December 31, 2014. 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 filedPATRIOT HYDRO, LLC - GARDNER FALLS HYDROELECTRIC STATION
Permittee as filedPATRIOT HYDRO, LLC GARDNERS FALLS STATION
NPDES IDMAG360018
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
IssuedSeptember 3, 2010
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2014
AddressBuckland, MA 01338
Receiving waterDEERFIELD RIVER
SubwatershedStoughton Brook-Connecticut River (HUC 010802050502)
SIC4911 – Electric Services

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

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
pH4159March 31, 2026
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant230
Oil & Grease120
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit110

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 MAG360018.

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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What this page shows

This Velarion Records page covers NPDES permit MAG360018, held by PATRIOT HYDRO, LLC for its GARDNER FALLS HYDROELECTRIC STATION in Buckland, MA, which discharges to the DEERFIELD RIVER. The permit is administratively continued with a minor discharger class 4, and the page lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.