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.
Authorization: In Massachusetts NPDES permits are issued by EPA New England.
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:
Shelley Puleo (puleo.shelly@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1545
- Draft Individual Permits
- Final Individual Permits
- EPA NPDES Permit Forms & Attachments for New England
- NPDES Water Permit Program in New England
- NPDES Stormwater Permit Program in New England
- View NPDES Permits for All States
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 (PDF) (48 pp, 1 MB, About PDF)
- Logan International Airport Final NPDES Permit
- Mirant Canal Station Final NPDES Permit
- GenOn (formerly Mirant) Kendall Station Final NPDES Permit
- Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Permit
- Offshore Deepwater Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Ports
- Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Final NPDES Permit
- Worcester Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)
Draft General Permits
- Region 1 Draft Aquaculture General Permit (AQUAGP)
Public comment period closes: June 10, 2020 (Extended to July 10, 2020) - Draft 2018 Hydroelectric Generating Facilities General Permit (HYDROGP)
- 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, had 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 closed - Draft Massachusetts North Coastal Small MS4 General Permit
Public comment period closed
Final General Permits
- 2016 Pesticide General Permit (PGP)
- 2017 Remediation General Permit (RGP)
- Potable Water Treatment Facility General Permit (PWTF GP)
- Publicly Owned Treatment Works General Permit (POTW GP)
- Storm Water Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) (PDF) (56 pp, 264 K, About PDF)
- Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP): 2015 | 2008
- Construction General Permit (CGP): 2017 | 2012 | 2008
- 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP)
- 2014 Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP)
- 2014 Noncontact Cooling Water General Permit (NCCWGP)
- Dewatering General Permit for Massachusetts and New Hampshire
- 2009 Hydroelectric Generating Facilities General Permit (HYDROGP)