Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0005011
SOUTHWORTH CO. TURNERS FALL, Turners Falls, MA: NPDES MA0005011 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTHWORTH CO. TURNERS FALL, held by SOUTHWORTH CO TURNERS FALLS MI, holds NPDES permit MA0005011, which discharges to Connecticut & N.E.U.Canal. EPA’s file records it issued December 8, 2000 and expiring December 8, 2005. 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 | SOUTHWORTH CO. TURNERS FALL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTHWORTH CO TURNERS FALLS MI |
| NPDES ID | MA0005011 |
| 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 | December 8, 2000 |
| Expiration date | December 8, 2005 |
| Address | Turners Falls, MA 01376 |
| Receiving water | CONNECTICUT & N.E.U.CANAL |
| Subwatershed | Dry Brook-Connecticut River (HUC 010802010503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 10 | 10 | June 30, 2015 | 72% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 8 | April 30, 2017 | 121% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2011 | 74% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| pH change [range] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 3 | 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 MA0005011.
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.