Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0063801

UNIV.OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PK, College Park, MD: NPDES MD0063801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

UNIV.OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PK, held by University Of Maryland College Park, Department of Environmental Safety, holds NPDES permit MD0063801, which discharges to Washington Metro. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2012 and expiring October 31, 2017. 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	UNIV.OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PK
Permittee as filed	University Of Maryland College Park, Department of Environmental Safety
NPDES ID	MD0063801
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	September 20, 2012
Expiration date	October 31, 2017
Issuing agency	Maryland Department of The Environment
Address	College Park, MD 20742
Receiving water	WASHINGTON METRO
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Paint Branch (HUC 020700100202)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
16With 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
Copper, total [as Cu]	96	276	274	June 30, 2026	169% over the limit
pH	48	511	25	December 31, 2025
Chlorine, total residual	48	278	23	December 31, 2022	740% over the limit
Oil & Grease	10	64	7	June 30, 2023	600% over the limit
Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F	24	68	2	July 31, 2025	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable	0	57	2	June 30, 2000	27% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	34	1	December 31, 2003	13% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	48	529	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	96	62	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	0	33	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	96	4	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	48	2	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	48	2	0
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]	48	2	0
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]	48	2	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	24	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 MD0063801.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MD0063801, held by University Of Maryland College Park, Department of Environmental Safety for the facility UNIV.OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PK in College Park, MD, which discharges to Washington Metro. The permit is administratively continued, was issued September 20, 2012, and carries an expiration date of October 31, 2017, with 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance listed.