Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0101630
HOLYOKE W P C F, Holyoke, MA: NPDES MA0101630 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOLYOKE W P C F holds NPDES permit MA0101630, which discharges to Connecticut River. EPA’s file records it issued October 25, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 | HOLYOKE W P C F |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HOLYOKE W P C F |
| NPDES ID | MA0101630 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 25, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Address | Holyoke, MA 01040 |
| Receiving water | CONNECTICUT RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Stony Brook-Connecticut River (HUC 010802010702) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 39 | 36 | November 30, 2019 | 197% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 30 | 30 | February 28, 2014 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 11 | 11 | April 30, 2011 | 347% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2013 | 795% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 5 | 5 | July 31, 2023 | 375% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 11 | 4 | September 30, 2024 | 63% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2011 | 136% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 4 | May 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2025 | 64,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 8% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2025 | 13% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Ammonia Total | 1 | 0 | 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 MA0101630.
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 14, 2026.