Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0020443
CECILTON WWTP, Cecilton, MD: NPDES MD0020443 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CECILTON WWTP, held by Town of Cecilton WWTP, holds NPDES permit MD0020443, which discharges to Elk River Area. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 | CECILTON WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Cecilton WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MD0020443 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of The Environment |
| Address | Cecilton, MD 21913 |
| Receiving water | ELK RIVER AREA |
| Subwatershed | Bohemia River (HUC 020600020206) |
| 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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 50 | 47 | July 31, 2026 | 345% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 61 | 41 | July 31, 2026 | 210% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 51 | 31 | July 31, 2026 | 216% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 40 | 31 | August 31, 2008 | 550% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 28 | 15 | August 31, 2003 | 94% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 31 | 9 | December 31, 2019 | 229% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 28 | 8 | July 31, 2026 | 309% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 8 | October 31, 2018 | 20% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 13 | 7 | November 30, 2024 | 838% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 4 | October 31, 2018 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2017 | 45,194% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 54 | 1 | September 30, 2005 | 14,900% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 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 MD0020443.
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.