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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG912281

15 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, Cambridge, MA: NPDES MAG912281 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

15 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, held by Suffolk Construction, holds NPDES permit MAG912281. 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.

What the register holds for 15 MOUNT AUBURN STREET: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and 38 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MAG912281.

Identity

Facility as filed15 MOUNT AUBURN STREET
Permittee as filedSuffolk Construction
NPDES IDMAG912281
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
AddressCambridge, MA 02138
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCharles River-Frontal Boston Harbor (HUC 010900010704)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH400
Nitrogen, total [as N]400
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
Phosphorus, total [as P]400
Cyanide, total [as CN]400
Chloride, total recoverable400
Arsenic, total recoverable400
Nickel, total recoverable400
Zinc, total recoverable400
Lead, total recoverable400
Copper, total recoverable400
Toluene400
Dieldrin400
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]400
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]400
Turbidity200
Solids, total suspended200
Oil & Grease200
Iron, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Anthracene200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene200
Benzo[a]pyrene200
Chrysene200
Ethylbenzene200
Fluoranthene200
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene200
Pyrene200
Benzo[a]anthracene200
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene200
4,4'-DDT200
4,4'-DDE200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Total Group I Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons200
Total Group II Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons200
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]200
Mercury, total recoverable200
Hydrocarbons, total petroleum200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MAG912281.

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 MAG912281.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MAG912281 for 15 MOUNT AUBURN STREET in Cambridge, MA, held by Suffolk Construction, which EPA issued on August 2, 2022 with an expiration date of August 1, 2027. The page lists 38 pollutants under a numeric limit, 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and a discharger class of 38.