Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0102148
BELCHERTOWN W W T P, Belchertown, MA: NPDES MA0102148 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BELCHERTOWN W W T P, held by BELCHERTOWN WWTP, holds NPDES permit MA0102148, which discharges to Lampson Brook. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 2005 and expiring August 8, 2010. 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 | BELCHERTOWN W W T P |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BELCHERTOWN WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MA0102148 |
| 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 | June 9, 2005 |
| Expiration date | August 8, 2010 |
| Address | Belchertown, MA 01007 |
| Receiving water | LAMPSON BROOK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Batchelor Brook (HUC 010802010701) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 53 | 47 | October 31, 2021 | 1,620% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 16 | 12 | April 30, 2007 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 8 | 8 | June 30, 2013 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 51 | 36 | 5 | August 31, 2022 | 127% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 51 | 26 | 5 | August 31, 2007 | 67% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 6 | 4 | July 31, 1999 | 12% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 8 | 2 | January 31, 2010 | 50% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2001 | 67% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2021 | 123% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 9 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | 14% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2017 | 47% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2017 | 21% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [TKN] [water] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 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 MA0102148.
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.