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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAR05J04U

NEW BEDFORD WWTF, New Bedford, MA: NPDES MAR05J04U discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEW BEDFORD WWTF, held by City of New Bedford, holds NPDES permit MAR05J04U. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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 WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of New Bedford
NPDES IDMAR05J04U
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
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 29, 2021
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2026
Issuing agencyU.S. EPA
AddressNew Bedford, MA 02744
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MAR000601609

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
pH220
Solids, total suspended110
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]110

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MAR05J04U.

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 MAR05J04U.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MAR05J04U.

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 MAR05J04U.

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 MAR05J04U for the NEW BEDFORD WWTF in New Bedford, MA, held by the City of New Bedford and issued by U.S. EPA, which lists its status as administratively continued. The facts list 3 pollutants on file, 3 under a numeric limit, 3 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.