Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0000965

PERDUE FARMS INC., Showell, MD: NPDES MD0000965 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PERDUE FARMS INC., held by PERDUE FARMS INC./SHOWELL, holds NPDES permit MD0000965, which discharges to Coastal Area. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2003 and expiring July 31, 2008. 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	PERDUE FARMS INC.
Permittee as filed	PERDUE FARMS INC./SHOWELL
NPDES ID	MD0000965
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 1, 2003
Expiration date	July 31, 2008
Address	Showell, MD 21862
Receiving water	COASTAL AREA
Subwatershed	St. Martin River (HUC 020403030302)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MDD980408884; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002404700003

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
9With 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
Coliform, fecal general	1	20	20	June 30, 2000	99,999% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	7	7	July 31, 1992	93% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	9	6	May 31, 1996	49% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	0	6	4	June 30, 1997	90% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	6	2	June 30, 1990	48% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	2	2	June 30, 1990	17% over the limit
Oil & Grease	2	7	1	November 30, 1990	14% over the limit
pH	2	3	1	September 30, 1990
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	1	1	June 30, 1993	78% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Chlorine, total residual	1	0	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 MD0000965.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MD0000965, held by PERDUE FARMS INC./SHOWELL in Showell, MD, which discharges to the Coastal Area and is administratively continued as a Major Discharger. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.