Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0002429
EASTALCO ALUMINUM COMPANY, Frederick, MD: NPDES MD0002429 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EASTALCO ALUMINUM COMPANY, held by EASTALCO ALUMINUM CO, holds NPDES permit MD0002429, which discharges to Middle Potomac River. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2005 and expiring February 28, 2010. 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 | EASTALCO ALUMINUM COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EASTALCO ALUMINUM CO |
| NPDES ID | MD0002429 |
| 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 | March 1, 2005 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2010 |
| Address | Frederick, MD 21701 |
| Receiving water | MIDDLE POTOMAC RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tuscarora Creek-Potomac River (HUC 020700080401) |
| SIC | 3334 – Primary Aluminum |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDD990759375 |
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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 17 | 11 | 5 | October 31, 2005 | 123% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 13 | 9 | 3 | October 31, 2005 | 188% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 20 | 7 | 1 | October 31, 2005 | 0% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2004 | 125% over the limit |
| pH | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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 MD0002429.
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.