NPDES Permits in New England
Massachusetts NPDES Permits
This page contains information on EPA New England issued individual facility-specific permits and general permits that cover multiple facilities within a specific category and geographic area.
In Massachusetts NPDES permits are issued by EPA New England. Below you will find permits listed in the following categories
- Draft Individual Permits
- Final Individual Permits
- Draft General Permits
- Final General Permits
- Permits of Significant Interest
- Stormwater Permits
To view attachments common to many permits use the "EPA Permit Forms & Attachments" link.
Specific individual permits may include additional attachments and supporting documentation that are not available electronically. As required by law, EPA maintains an administrative record for each permit it issues at our regional office. To view the administrative record (the legally binding hard copy of the permit) or to obtain hard copies of additional attachments for a specific permit please contact:
Olga Vergara (vergara.olga@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1519
Permits of Significant Interest
- Brayton Point Station Final NPDES Permit
- Chelsea River Bulk Petroleum Storage Facilities NPDES Permits and Environmental Justice Analysis
- General Electric, Pittsfield, Mass., Final NPDES Permit
- Logan International Airport Final NPDES Permit
- Mirant Canal Station Final NPDES Permit
- GenOn (formerly Mirant) Kendall Station Final NPDES Permit
- MWRA Permit
- MWRA Outfall Monitoring
- Offshore Deepwater Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Ports
- Worcester Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)
Draft General Permits
- Draft 2016 Remediation General Permit (RGP)
The proposed permit, which was published in the Federal Register on August 18, 2016, has a 30-day public comment period. - Draft 2016 Pesticide General Permit (PGP) for Discharges from the Application of Pesticides
The proposed permit, which was published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2016, has a 45-day public comment period. More information on EPA's Draft 2016 PGP » - Draft General Permit for Residually Designated Discharges in Milford, Bellingham, and Franklin, Massachusetts
Public Comment period extended; public comments accepted until September 30, 2010 - Draft Massachusetts North Coastal Small MS4 General Permit
Public comment period closed - Draft Potable Water Treatment Facility General Permit (PWTF GP)
Public comments accepted until September 9, 2016
Final General Permits
- 2011 Pesticides General Permit (PGP)
- POTW General Permit
- 2010 Remediation General Permit (RGP)
- Storm Water Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) (PDF) (56 pp, 264 K, about PDF)
- Hydroelectric Generating Facilities General Permit (HYDROGP)
- Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP): 2015 | 2008
- Construction General Permit (CGP): 2012 | 2008
- 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP)
- 2014 Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP)
- 2014 Noncontact Cooling Water General Permit (NCCWGP)
- Final Dewatering General Permit for Massachusetts and New Hampshire