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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG590043

MFN REGIONAL WASTEWATER DISTRICT, Norton, MA: NPDES MAG590043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MFN REGIONAL WASTEWATER DISTRICT, held by MFN REGIONAL WASTWATER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit MAG590043, which discharges to Three Mile River. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2022 and expiring October 31, 2027. 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 filedMFN REGIONAL WASTEWATER DISTRICT
Permittee as filedMFN REGIONAL WASTWATER DISTRICT
NPDES IDMAG590043
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 28, 2022
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2027
AddressNorton, MA 02766
Receiving waterTHREE MILE RIVER
SubwatershedCotley River-Taunton River (HUC 010900040204)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 69 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
E. coli244August 31, 2023181% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]522September 30, 202425% over the limit
pH311January 31, 2024
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia111June 30, 202455% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1100
Solids, total suspended1100
Nitrogen, total [as N]600
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant300
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)300
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)300
Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA)300
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)300
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)300
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)300
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)300
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)300
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)300
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)300
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)300
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA)300
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE)300
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE)300
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)300
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)300
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)300
Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS)300
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)300
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)300
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)300
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)300
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)300
1H,1H, 2H, 2H-Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)300
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)300
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS)300
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)300
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)300
Perfluoro(2-ethoxyethane)sulfonic acid (PFEESA)300
Perfluorododecanesulfonic acid (PFDoS)300
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)300
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NMeFOSA)300
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NEtFOSA)300
3-Perfluoropropyl propanoic acid (3:3 FTCA)300
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)300
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)300
11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)300
3-Perfluoroheptyl propanoic acid (7:3 FTCA)300
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)300
2H,2H,3H,3H-Perfluorooctanoic acid (5:3 FTCA)300
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Aluminum, total [as Al]200
Copper, total recoverable200

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 MAG590043.

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 public-records page covers NPDES permit MAG590043, held by MFN REGIONAL WASTEWATER DISTRICT in Norton, MA, which discharges to the Three Mile River in the Cotley River-Taunton River subwatershed (HUC 010900040204). The permit is listed as Effective, a Minor discharger, issued September 28, 2022 and expiring October 31, 2027, with 69 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.