Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0000787
LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Boston, MA: NPDES MA0000787 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, held by MASSPORT AUTHORITY - LOGAN, holds NPDES permit MA0000787, which discharges to Boston Inner Harbor. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012. 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 filed | LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MASSPORT AUTHORITY - LOGAN |
| NPDES ID | MA0000787 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 31, 2007 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2012 |
| Address | Boston, MA 02128 |
| Receiving water | BOSTON INNER HARBOR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Saugus River-Frontal Broad Sound (HUC 010900010402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 53Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 53With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 26 | 312 | 31 | April 30, 2026 | 490% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 168 | 25 | February 28, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 24 | 20 | September 30, 2006 | 5,000% over the limit |
| pH | 16 | 262 | 15 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Benzene | 24 | 253 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 16 | 212 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 16 | 208 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 16 | 178 | 0 | ||
| Tolytriazole | 5 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 4 | 52 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Propylene glycol, total | 5 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 36 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 5 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nonyl phenoxypoly ethanol | 5 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Ethylene glycol | 5 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nonylphenol | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static 7Day Chronic Menidia | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 16 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Menidia sp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 1 | 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 MA0000787.
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.