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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAG590035

NEWBURYPORT W P C F, Newburyport, MA: NPDES MAG590035 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEWBURYPORT W P C F holds NPDES permit MAG590035, which discharges to Merrimack River. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2022 and expiring October 31, 2027. 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 filedNEWBURYPORT W P C F
Permittee as filedNEWBURYPORT W P C F
NPDES IDMAG590035
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 28, 2022
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2027
AddressNewburyport, MA 01950
Receiving waterMERRIMACK RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedEast Meadow River-Merrimack River (HUC 010700061404)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 64 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C672January 31, 20247% over the limit
Solids, total suspended611January 31, 202413% over the limit
pH311June 30, 2024
Solids, suspended percent removal111January 31, 202413% over the limit
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)330
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)330
Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA)330
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)330
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)330
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)330
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)330
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)330
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)330
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)330
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)330
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA)330
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE)330
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE)330
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)330
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)330
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)330
Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS)330
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)330
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)330
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)330
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)330
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)330
1H,1H, 2H, 2H-Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)330
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)330
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS)330
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)330
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)330
Perfluoro(2-ethoxyethane)sulfonic acid (PFEESA)330
Perfluorododecanesulfonic acid (PFDoS)330
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)330
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NMeFOSA)330
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NEtFOSA)330
3-Perfluoropropyl propanoic acid (3:3 FTCA)330
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)330
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)330
11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)330
3-Perfluoroheptyl propanoic acid (7:3 FTCA)330
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)330
2H,2H,3H,3H-Perfluorooctanoic acid (5:3 FTCA)330
BOD, 5-day, percent removal110
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]400
Nitrogen, total [as N]300
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant300
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]200
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Chlorine, total residual200
Enterococci200
Coliform, fecal general200
Temperature, water deg. centigrade100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 31, 2024PR: Failure to issue/reissue control mechanisms to at least 90% of SIU/CIUs w/in 6 months (Level II)EP6

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.