Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG360024
LOWELL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT, Lowell, MA: NPDES MAG360024 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOWELL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT holds NPDES permit MAG360024, which discharges to Merrimack River. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2012 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 filed | LOWELL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LOWELL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT |
| NPDES ID | MAG360024 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 7, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2014 |
| Address | Lowell, MA 01854 |
| Receiving water | MERRIMACK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Limit Brook-Merrimack River (HUC 010700061206) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAC300011327 |
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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 6 | 1 | June 30, 2021 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 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 MAG360024.
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.