Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0001261
HAWKINS POINT PLANT, Baltimore, MD: NPDES MD0001261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HAWKINS POINT PLANT, held by Tronox, holds NPDES permit MD0001261, which discharges to Patapsco River. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 | HAWKINS POINT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tronox |
| NPDES ID | MD0001261 |
| 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 | August 16, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Baltimore, MD 21226 |
| Receiving water | PATAPSCO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Stoney Creek-Patapsco River-Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600031204) |
| SIC | 2816 – Inorganic Pigments |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 4 | 123 | 117 | May 31, 2024 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 86 | 86 | November 30, 2022 | 29,900% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 134 | 44 | November 30, 2022 | 77,949% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 50 | 23 | May 31, 2024 | 22,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 4 | March 31, 2009 | 100% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 95 | 1 | June 30, 2000 | 70% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 2 | 1 | May 31, 2012 | 175% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 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 MD0001261.
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.