Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0040207
CHANG FARMS INC, Whatley, MA: NPDES MA0040207 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHANG FARMS INC, held by CHANG FARMS, holds NPDES permit MA0040207, which discharges to Connecticut River, Sugarloaf Brook. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2013 and expiring February 28, 2019. 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 | CHANG FARMS INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHANG FARMS |
| NPDES ID | MA0040207 |
| 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 | December 20, 2013 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2019 |
| Address | Whatley, MA 01373 |
| Receiving water | Connecticut River, Sugarloaf Brook |
| Subwatershed | Russellville Brook-Connecticut River (HUC 010802010602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 381 | 73 | May 31, 2026 | 165% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 367 | 58 | April 30, 2026 | 805% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 213 | 45 | June 30, 2016 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 203 | 34 | February 28, 2014 | 73% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 93 | 25 | April 30, 2013 | 2,650% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 6 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 174% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 108 | 4 | September 30, 2019 | 435% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | 35% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2016 | 52% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [TKN] [water] | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Ceriodaphnia | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 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 MA0040207.
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.