Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0001180
BWI - SPARROWS POINT, LLC., Sparrows Point, MD: NPDES MD0001180 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BWI - SPARROWS POINT, LLC., held by BWI SPARROWS POINT, LLC, holds NPDES permit MD0001180, which discharges to Patapsco River. EPA’s file records it issued July 14, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BWI - SPARROWS POINT, LLC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BWI SPARROWS POINT, LLC |
| NPDES ID | MD0001180 |
| 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 | July 14, 2015 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Sparrows Point, MD 21219 |
| Receiving water | PATAPSCO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Stoney Creek-Patapsco River-Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600031204) |
| SIC | 3731 – Ship Building And Repairing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDR000512665; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002400500332 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 12 | 63 | 14 | March 31, 2004 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 14 | 7 | December 31, 2003 | 7,500% over the limit |
| Benzene | 2 | 11 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 30% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 8 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 12 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 24 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 24 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 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 MD0001180.
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 October 14, 2026.