Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0003905
GE - AVIATION, Lynn, MA: NPDES MA0003905 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GE - AVIATION, held by GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION, holds NPDES permit MA0003905, which discharges to Saugus River. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 1993 and expiring December 31, 2004. 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 | GE - AVIATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION |
| NPDES ID | MA0003905 |
| 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 29, 1993 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2004 |
| Address | Lynn, MA 01910 |
| Receiving water | SAUGUS RIVER |
| 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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 40 | 81 | 45 | March 31, 2018 | |
| Oil & Grease | 15 | 29 | 13 | February 28, 1998 | 782% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 22 | 34 | 7 | July 31, 2000 | 2,900% over the limit |
| Hydrocarbons, total petroleum | 0 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2022 | 30% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2019 | 203% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 20 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Volatile compounds, [GC/MS] | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Volatile fraction organics [EPA 624] | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 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 MA0003905.
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.