Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0022845
GAITHER MANOR APARTMENTS WWTP, Sykesville, MD: NPDES MD0022845 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GAITHER MANOR APARTMENTS WWTP, held by The William Schneider Company, Inc., holds NPDES permit MD0022845, which discharges to Unknown Trib To South Branch Patapsco. EPA’s file records it issued April 26, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 | GAITHER MANOR APARTMENTS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The William Schneider Company, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | MD0022845 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 26, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | MD DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Sykesville, MD 21784 |
| Receiving water | UNKNOWN TRIB TO SOUTH BRANCH PATAPSCO |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Piney Branch-South Branch Patapsco River (HUC 020600031004) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 109 | 4 | September 30, 2012 | 400% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 155 | 2 | January 31, 2025 | 44% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 285 | 1 | August 31, 1997 | 33% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 97 | 1 | February 28, 1997 | 355% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 288 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 142 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 23 | 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 MD0022845.
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.