Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAR05J03K

NORTH GRAFTON WASHINGTON MILLS, INC., North Grafton, MA: NPDES MAR05J03K discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NORTH GRAFTON WASHINGTON MILLS, INC., held by North Grafton Washington Mills, Inc., holds NPDES permit MAR05J03K. EPA’s file records it issued July 6, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026.

NORTH GRAFTON WASHINGTON MILLS, INC., North Grafton, Massachusetts: Coverage under a general permit MAR05J03K, held by North Grafton Washington Mills, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 6, 2021, term to February 28, 2026, by U.S. EPA.

pH: 6 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 3 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Massachusetts holds 1,007 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 649 were issued before MAR05J03K. North Grafton Washington Mills, Inc. holds 2 permits in Massachusetts.

Other permits held by North Grafton Washington Mills, Inc.

NORTH GRAFTON WASHINGTON MILLS, INC., North Grafton: MAR05J03J, issued July 6, 2021

Coverages issued nearest MAR05J03K

June 26, 2021: SHAW'S DISTRIBUTION CENTER #6652, Methuen, MAR05J046, held by Shaw's Supermarkets
June 29, 2021: ABCORP INC., Boston, MANOEJ08D, held by Jason Spiess
June 29, 2021: LAURENCE HANSCOM FIELD/SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT, Bedford, MAR05J04T, held by Signature Flight Support/Massport Airport Authority
July 1, 2021: DFA DAIRY BRANDS ICE CREAM, LLC DBA FRIENDLY'S ICE CREAM, Wilbraham, MAR05J04W, held by DFA Dairy Brands Ice Cream
July 6, 2021: NORTH GRAFTON WASHINGTON MILLS, INC., North Grafton, MAR05J03J, held by North Grafton Washington Mills, Inc.
July 12, 2021: METAL TRONICS, LLC, Georgetown, MANOEJ08F, held by Metal Tronics, LLC
July 13, 2021: NEW ENGLAND AUTOMOTIVE GATEWAY, Spencer, MAR05J03O, held by East Brookfield Spencer Railroad
July 16, 2021: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC - HBO1-3, East Taunton, MAR05J032, held by Amazon.com Services LLC
July 22, 2021: INTERPLEX ETCH LOGIC, Attleboro, MANOEJ08G, held by Interplex Etch Logic
July 23, 2021: NEEDHAM MA - SALES CENTER, Needham Heights, MANOEJ08H, held by Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc.

NORTH GRAFTON WASHINGTON MILLS, INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 71 discharge permits in the Quinsigamond River subwatershed (HUC 010900030103), MAR05J03K among them.

Other permits in the Quinsigamond River subwatershed (HUC 010900030103)

1 GREENBRIAR DRIVE, Shrewsbury: MAR10055O, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
101R HARTWELL STREET, WEST BOYLSTON MA, West Boylston: MAR1003NF, minor permit, permit term to February 15, 2022
124 WESTBORO ROAD, Grafton: MAR10064T, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
17 AND 27 UPTON STREET, Grafton: MAG912181, minor permit, permit term to August 1, 2027
223 HARTFORD TURNPIKE, Shrewsbury: MAR1006D9, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
244 WORCESTER STREET - GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR SYSTEM, Grafton: MAR1006DV, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
313 MAIN STREET, Boylston: MAR1004XJ, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
440 HARTFORD TURNPIKE, Shrewsbury: MAR10050N, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
526 HARTFORD TURNPIKE, Shrewsbury: MAR1004OD, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
ABBVIE - ABC GMP SEGREGATION AND EXPANSION, Worcester: MAR10065Q, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	NORTH GRAFTON WASHINGTON MILLS, INC.
Permittee as filed	North Grafton Washington Mills, Inc.
NPDES ID	MAR05J03K
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	July 6, 2021
Expiration date	February 28, 2026
Issuing agency	U.S. EPA
Address	North Grafton, MA 01536
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Quinsigamond River (HUC 010900030103)

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

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 measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
pH	6	2
Solids, total suspended	3	1
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	3	1

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MAR05J03K.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MAR05J03K.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MAR05J03K.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MAR05J03K.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MAR05J03K, held by North Grafton Washington Mills, Inc. in North Grafton, MA, with its status and dates as EPA's permit file stood when the record was loaded. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Minor discharger class 3, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.