Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0063975
COVE POINT LNG TERMINAL, Lusby, MD: NPDES MD0063975 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COVE POINT LNG TERMINAL, held by DOMINION COVE POINT LNG, LP, holds NPDES permit MD0063975, which discharges to Tributary Of Grays Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 27, 2012 and expiring December 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 | COVE POINT LNG TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DOMINION COVE POINT LNG, LP |
| NPDES ID | MD0063975 |
| 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 | December 27, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | MDE |
| Address | Lusby, MD 20657 |
| Receiving water | TRIBUTARY OF GRAYS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Parker Creek-Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600040403) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDR000512178; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002400900021 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 62 | 28 | June 30, 2011 | |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 0 | 62 | 8 | January 31, 2011 | 100% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 56 | 2 | February 28, 2009 | 809% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 28 | 1 | August 31, 2009 | 3% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 MD0063975.
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.