Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0056341
SHA - LAKE LOUISE, Garrett County, MD: NPDES MD0056341 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SHA - LAKE LOUISE, held by SHA LAKE LOUISE ACID LEACHATE, holds NPDES permit MD0056341, which discharges to Puzzley Run. EPA’s file records it issued July 22, 2016 and expiring August 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 | SHA - LAKE LOUISE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SHA LAKE LOUISE ACID LEACHATE |
| NPDES ID | MD0056341 |
| 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 | July 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Garrett County, MD 21536 |
| Receiving water | PUZZLEY RUN |
| Subwatershed | Whites Creek (HUC 050200060708) |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse 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
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 8 | 77 | 53 | December 31, 2025 | 420% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 64 | 47 | January 31, 2017 | |
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 20 | 15 | December 31, 2004 | 703% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 8 | 32 | 4 | February 28, 2025 | 312% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 30 | 4 | January 31, 2022 | 380% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 30 | 4 | August 31, 2017 | 80% over the limit |
| Toxicity, Chronic | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 100% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 8 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temp. difference, summer [deg. F] | 4 | 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 MD0056341.
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.