Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0020001
CRISFIELD WWTP, Crisfield, MD: NPDES MD0020001 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CRISFIELD WWTP, held by City of Crisfield, holds NPDES permit MD0020001, which discharges to Lower Pocomoke River. EPA’s file records it issued December 12, 2016 and expiring December 31, 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 | CRISFIELD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Crisfield |
| NPDES ID | MD0020001 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 12, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of the Environment |
| Address | Crisfield, MD 21817 |
| Receiving water | LOWER POCOMOKE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Annemessex River-Tangier Sound (HUC 020801100601) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 39 | 38 | July 31, 2026 | 17,186% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 39 | 11 | March 31, 2026 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 22 | 9 | May 31, 2021 | 66% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 16 | 9 | May 31, 2026 | 96% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 6 | June 30, 2024 | |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 27 | 4 | November 30, 2025 | 31% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 14 | 3 | May 31, 2025 | 1,400% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 9 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 18% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2003 | 11% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2025 | 54% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 2 | 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 MD0020001.
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.