EPA-regulated facilities in Middlesex County, MA
There are 13,273 EPA-regulated facilities inside Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The most common kinds are hazardous waste (9,401), water discharge (3,356), air emissions (1,604). 58 are currently in significant noncompliance, the EPA's designation for the most serious or persistent violations, and 173 have a violation on record. Penalties over the last five years total $25M across 48 sites.
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By category
| Category | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 9,401 |
| Treatment, storage or disposal | 3 |
| Large quantity generators | 159 |
| Small quantity generators | 4,776 |
| Transporters | 6 |
| Chemical (RMP/TRI) | 516 |
| Superfund | 107 |
| Air emissions | 1,604 |
| Major sources | 20 |
| Synthetic minor sources | 240 |
| Minor sources | 697 |
| Water discharge | 3,356 |
| Major permits | 15 |
| Minor permits | 2,609 |
| Drinking water systems | 303 |
| Greenhouse gas reporters | 19 |
| Data centers | 23 |
| Scrap yards | 8 |
| Recycling centers | 21 |
A facility enrolled in several programs counts once in the total and once in each of its categories.
In significant noncompliance
The EPA's designation for its most serious or persistent violations, as of the latest data.
- AYER TRANSLOAD FACILITY Significant noncompliance · $170k in penalties
- NYACOL NANO TECHNOLOGIES Significant noncompliance · $80k in penalties
- MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY Significant noncompliance · $43k in penalties
- MURPHY WASTE OIL SERVICE Significant noncompliance · $34k in penalties
- CIRTEC MEDICAL Significant noncompliance · $24k in penalties
- ONTO INNOVATION INC WILMINGTON JONSPIN Significant noncompliance · $9k in penalties
- BEACON WATERPROOFING NEW HQ Significant noncompliance · $6k in penalties
- NEDS TEXACO SERVICE Significant noncompliance · $5k in penalties
- GREATER BOSTON GASTROENTEROLO Significant noncompliance · $4k in penalties
- MIDDLESEX SCHOOL LOWELL ROAD ATHLETIC FIELDS Significant noncompliance
Largest penalties
Penalties assessed over the last five years.
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE MAWLG $5.3M in penalties
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE MAWAT $5.3M in penalties
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE MASOM $5.3M in penalties
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE MACHE $5.3M in penalties
- SCHNITZER NORTHEAST $1.6M in penalties
Superfund sites
- MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
- W R GRACE DARAMIC PLANT
- AGWAY/KRESS PROPERTY
- W.R. GRACE & CO., INC. (ACTON PLANT)
- STARMET
- REXNORD KNIFE DIVISION
- SHAFFER LANDFILL
- WATERTOWN BEMIS DUMP
- SPERRY RESEARCH CENTER
- RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS DIVISION
Data centers
- LUPOLI DEVELOPMENT
- AMAZON COM SERVICES LLC DKO1
- AMAZON.COM LLC - DK01
- SP 600 WINTER OWNER LLC
- 580 WINTER STREET LLC
- HOSPITAL ELECTRONICS INC
- 115 2ND AVENUE LLC
- CYXTERA BO-3
- CROSS STREET ASSOCIATED LLC
- EQUINIX
Towns in Middlesex County
- Cambridge
- Lowell
- Newton
- Framingham
- Malden
- Waltham
- Medford
- Arlington
- Woburn
- Marlborough
- Watertown
- Lexington
- Wakefield
- Burlington
- Reading
- Winchester
- Stoneham
- Wilmington
- Hudson
- Maynard
Bordering counties
Reading these numbers
These are regulatory records, not measurements of pollution. Most facilities appear because they hold a permit or file reports, and most of them are compliant; a listing is not a claim that a facility has polluted anything. Compliance status and penalties are the EPA's own determinations in data retrieved Oct 9, 2026. The Data page explains where each record comes from and how it can mislead.