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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG640014

GATES POND W T P - BERLIN, Berlin, MA: NPDES MAG640014 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GATES POND W T P - BERLIN holds NPDES permit MAG640014, which discharges to Hog Brook. EPA’s file records it issued August 14, 2012 and expiring September 30, 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 filedGATES POND W T P - BERLIN
Permittee as filedGATES POND W T P - BERLIN
NPDES IDMAG640014
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
IssuedAugust 14, 2012
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2014
AddressBerlin, MA 01503
Receiving waterHOG BROOK
SubwatershedNorth Brook-Assabet River (HUC 010700050202)
SIC4941 – Water Supply

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
pH4931May 31, 2014
Solids, total suspended4890
Chlorine, total residual4890
Aluminum, total [as Al]2480
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2450
Solids, settleable0140
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]020
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]020
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]020
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]020
Nickel, total recoverable020
Zinc, total recoverable020
Aluminum, total recoverable020
Cadmium, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020
Specific Conductance020
Solids, total010
Solids, total dissolved010
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia010
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia010

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 MAG640014.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MAG640014 for GATES POND W T P - BERLIN in Berlin, MA, which discharges to Hog Brook and is administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The permit file lists 21 pollutants on file, 5 under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.