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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MAR05J0AS

G. LOPES MULCH PRODUCTION, Taunton, MA: NPDES MAR05J0AS discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

G. LOPES MULCH PRODUCTION, held by The Lopes Companies, holds NPDES permit MAR05J0AS. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2026 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for G. LOPES MULCH PRODUCTION: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Taunton, Massachusetts, and 4 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MAR05J0AS.

Identity

Facility as filedG. LOPES MULCH PRODUCTION
Permittee as filedThe Lopes Companies
NPDES IDMAR05J0AS
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedFebruary 28, 2026
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2026
Issuing agencyU.S. EPA
AddressTaunton, MA 02780
SubwatershedThreemile River (HUC 010900040302)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH200
Solids, total suspended100
Enterococci100
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MAR05J0AS.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MAR05J0AS.

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.