Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0001503
FT. SMALLWOOD COMPLEX (FORMERLY WAGNERS STATION), Brandon Shores, MD: NPDES MD0001503 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FT. SMALLWOOD COMPLEX (FORMERLY WAGNERS STATION), held by RAVEN POWER HOLDINGS LLC, holds NPDES permit MD0001503, which discharges to Patapsco River. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2009 and expiring April 30, 2014. 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 | FT. SMALLWOOD COMPLEX (FORMERLY WAGNERS STATION) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RAVEN POWER HOLDINGS LLC |
| NPDES ID | MD0001503 |
| 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 | April 27, 2009 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | MD DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Brandon Shores, MD 21226 |
| Receiving water | PATAPSCO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Stoney Creek-Patapsco River-Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600031204) |
| SIC | 4931 – Electric And Other Services Combined |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source MD0000002400300468 |
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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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, total [as N] | 15 | 103 | 18 | March 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 8 | February 28, 2025 | 233% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 13 | 95 | 3 | April 30, 2022 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 9 | 1 | February 28, 2025 | 115% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2013 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 20 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 MD0001503.
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.