Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0000671
CRANE & CO INC WWTP, Dalton, MA: NPDES MA0000671 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CRANE & CO INC WWTP, held by CRANE & CO INC W W T P, holds NPDES permit MA0000671, which discharges to Housatonic River, East Branch. EPA’s file records it issued February 3, 2012 and expiring April 30, 2017. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CRANE & CO INC WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CRANE & CO INC W W T P |
| NPDES ID | MA0000671 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 3, 2012 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2017 |
| Address | Dalton, MA 01226 |
| Receiving water | HOUSATONIC RIVER, EAST BRANCH |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | East Branch Housatonic River (HUC 011000050103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 19 | 11 | July 31, 2026 | 150% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 11 | 11 | February 29, 2020 | 215% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 10 | 10 | September 30, 2017 | 7,043% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 5 | 5 | March 31, 2017 | 74% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 3 | February 28, 2017 | 47% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 2 | October 31, 2011 | 60% over the limit |
| Noel Static 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 4 | 1 | January 31, 2008 | 90% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2000 | |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MA0000671.
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 14, 2026.