Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0065269
PLEASANT BRANCH WWTP, Frederick, MD: NPDES MD0065269 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLEASANT BRANCH WWTP holds NPDES permit MD0065269, which discharges to Middle Potomac River. EPA’s file records it issued April 14, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022. 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 | PLEASANT BRANCH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PLEASANT BRANCH WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MD0065269 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 14, 2017 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | MDE |
| Address | Frederick, MD 21754 |
| Receiving water | MIDDLE POTOMAC RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Bennett Creek (HUC 020700090703) |
| 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 52 | 49 | June 30, 2004 | 56% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 10 | 10 | June 30, 2024 | 237% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2005 | 173% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 47% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2012 | 14% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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 MD0065269.
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.