Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0028649
DRAKA CABLETEQ USA, Taunton, MA: NPDES MA0028649 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DRAKA CABLETEQ USA holds NPDES permit MA0028649, which discharges to Three Mile River,. EPA’s file records it issued September 9, 2005 and expiring September 30, 2010. 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 | DRAKA CABLETEQ USA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DRAKA CABLETEQ USA |
| NPDES ID | MA0028649 |
| 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 | September 9, 2005 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2010 |
| Address | Taunton, MA 02780 |
| Receiving water | THREE MILE RIVER, |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Threemile River (HUC 010900040302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 4 | 245 | 41 | July 31, 2013 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 459 | 13 | July 31, 2013 | 2,977% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 256 | 9 | July 31, 2011 | 900% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 145 | 4 | August 31, 2002 | 6% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 454 | 2 | July 31, 2013 | 141% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 292 | 2 | March 31, 2006 | 53% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 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 MA0028649.
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 14, 2026.