Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0000043
S.E.W. FRIEL - WYE MILLS PLANT, Wye Mills, MD: NPDES MD0000043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
S.E.W. FRIEL - WYE MILLS PLANT, held by S.E.W. FRIEL WYE MILLS, holds NPDES permit MD0000043, which discharges to Wye East River. EPA’s file records it issued February 16, 2011 and expiring February 29, 2016. 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 filed | S.E.W. FRIEL - WYE MILLS PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | S.E.W. FRIEL WYE MILLS |
| NPDES ID | MD0000043 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 16, 2011 |
| Expiration date | February 29, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of The Environment |
| Address | Wye Mills, MD 21679 |
| Receiving water | WYE EAST RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Wye East River (HUC 020600020602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 4 | 36 | 16 | December 31, 2025 | 35% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 66 | 14 | December 31, 2025 | 67% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 73 | 6 | August 31, 2014 | 59% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 8 | 5 | September 30, 2014 | 21% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 30 | 4 | August 31, 2025 | 555% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 95 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as NO2] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between intake and discharge | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MD0000043.
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.