Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0001716
LAUREL MILL, South Lee, MA: NPDES MA0001716 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAUREL MILL, held by MW CUSTOM PAPERS LLC LAUREL MI, holds NPDES permit MA0001716, which discharges to Housatonic River. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2012 and expiring August 31, 2017. 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 | LAUREL MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MW CUSTOM PAPERS LLC LAUREL MI |
| NPDES ID | MA0001716 |
| 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 | September 27, 2012 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2017 |
| Address | South Lee, MA 01260 |
| Receiving water | HOUSATONIC RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Konkapot Brook-Housatonic River (HUC 011000050107) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 34With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 58 | 16 | April 30, 2026 | 413% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 60 | 11 | June 30, 2021 | 546% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 35 | 6 | February 28, 2013 | 16,767% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 53 | 3 | December 31, 2015 | 178% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Noel Static 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 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 MA0001716.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.