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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG912293

NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM, New Bedford, MA: NPDES MAG912293 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM, held by J. Derenzo Co., holds NPDES permit MAG912293. 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 filedNEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM
Permittee as filedJ. Derenzo Co.
NPDES IDMAG912293
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
AddressNew Bedford, MA 02740
SubwatershedAcushnet River-Frontal Buzzards Bay (HUC 010900020401)

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
pH260
Nitrogen, total [as N]260
Cyanide, total [as CN]260
Arsenic, total recoverable260
Lead, total recoverable260
Copper, total recoverable260
Turbidity130
Solids, total suspended130
Chloride, total recoverable130
Iron, total recoverable130
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant130
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]130
Hydrocarbons, total petroleum130

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MAG912293.

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 MAG912293.

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 MAG912293, held by J. Derenzo Co. for the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, MA, with a status of Effective and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, all under a numeric limit, with 13 showing a violation of any kind and 0 showing an effluent exceedance.