Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0023477
OCEAN PINES WWTP, Berlin, MD: NPDES MD0023477 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OCEAN PINES WWTP, held by Worcester County Dept. of Pubic Works, Water/Wastewater Division, holds NPDES permit MD0023477, which discharges to Coastal Area. EPA’s file records it issued October 28, 2024 and expiring November 30, 2029. 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 | OCEAN PINES WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Worcester County Dept. of Pubic Works, Water/Wastewater Division |
| NPDES ID | MD0023477 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 28, 2024 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2029 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of the Environment |
| Address | Berlin, MD 21811 |
| Receiving water | COASTAL AREA |
| 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
- 40Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 39With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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, total [as N] | 5 | 29 | 23 | March 31, 2026 | 324% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 16 | 12 | April 30, 2026 | 33% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 10 | 6 | October 31, 2025 | 34% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 11 | 3 | December 31, 2020 | 509% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 3 | April 30, 2021 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 2 | March 31, 2010 | 1,900% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 2 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | 139% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 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 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzidine | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4,4'-DDT | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4,4'-DDD | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4,4'-DDE | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aldrin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxaphene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor epoxide | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 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 MD0023477.
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.