Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0020842
USDA EAST-SIDE WWTP, Beltsville, MD: NPDES MD0020842 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
USDA EAST-SIDE WWTP, held by U.S.D.A. EAST SIDE, holds NPDES permit MD0020842, which discharges to Washington Metropolitian Area. EPA’s file records it issued February 16, 2010 and expiring February 28, 2015. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | USDA EAST-SIDE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | U.S.D.A. EAST SIDE |
| NPDES ID | MD0020842 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | February 16, 2010 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | MDE |
| Address | Beltsville, MD 20705 |
| Receiving water | WASHINGTON METROPOLITIAN AREA |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Anacostia River (HUC 020700100203) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MD0120508940; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002403300667 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 31With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 152 | 140 | July 31, 2026 | 77,678% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 147 | 78 | April 30, 2026 | 134% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 18 | 11 | February 28, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 32 | 9 | February 28, 2026 | 369% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 11 | 9 | August 31, 2021 | 1,100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 65 | 7 | April 30, 2026 | 30% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 13 | 3 | February 28, 2023 | 181% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 11 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 104% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2001 | 9% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 2 | 1 | November 30, 2019 | 27% over the limit |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCB] pg/L | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total recoverable | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, dissolved [as SO4] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor + Heptachlor Epoxide | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride, dissolved [as Cl] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR413] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1016 | 1 | 1 | 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 MD0020842.
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 September 15, 2026.