Velarion Records
Follow this permit Velarion Records emails you this permit’s record, cited to the public filing, and tells you when the register changes it. Free.
We’ll email you a link to confirm. The continuous daily watch on every change is the paid alert. Unsubscribe any time.
Also free: The Pay Desk, the weekly executive pay briefing.

Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG912070

BRADFORD & BIGELOW, INC., Newburyport, MA: NPDES MAG912070 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BRADFORD & BIGELOW, INC., held by Bradford & Bigelow, Inc., holds NPDES permit MAG912070. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2022 and expiring August 1, 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 filedBRADFORD & BIGELOW, INC.
Permittee as filedBradford & Bigelow, Inc.
NPDES IDMAG912070
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 2, 2022
Expiration dateAugust 1, 2027
Issuing agencyEPA Region 1
AddressNewburyport, MA 01950
SubwatershedOutlet Parker River-Frontal Atlantic Ocean (HUC 010900010102)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MAC300009008; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002512100779

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
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]143July 31, 2023780% over the limit
Solids, total suspended121May 31, 2023767% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]240
pH220
Chloride, total recoverable220
Iron, total recoverable220
Lead, total recoverable220
Copper, total recoverable220
Hydrocarbons, total petroleum120
Turbidity110
Nitrogen, total [as N]110
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]110
Arsenic, total recoverable110
1,1-Dichloroethane110
1,1-Dichloroethylene110
1,1,1-Trichloroethane110
Vinyl chloride110
Trichloroethylene110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant110
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene110
1,4-Dioxane110

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 MAG912070.

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.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, MAG912070.

Start the watch

How often?
  • One permit holder — $99/month
  • One watershed — $2,990/year
  • One state — $4,990/year
  • The whole register — $18,000/year

How we handle your data → Privacy

EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every permit on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its inspections, and its enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter NPDES ID MAG912070 there.

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MAG912070, held by Bradford & Bigelow, Inc. in Newburyport, MA, with a status of Effective and a Minor discharger class, issued August 2, 2022 and expiring August 1, 2027 by EPA Region 1. The page lists 21 pollutants on file, all under a numeric limit, with 2 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.