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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0065439

MILL BOTTOM WWTP, Frederick, MD: NPDES MD0065439 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MILL BOTTOM WWTP holds NPDES permit MD0065439, 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 filedMILL BOTTOM WWTP
Permittee as filedMILL BOTTOM WWTP
NPDES IDMD0065439
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 14, 2017
Expiration dateApril 30, 2022
Issuing agencyMDE
AddressFrederick, MD 21771
Receiving waterMIDDLE POTOMAC RIVER
SubwatershedBush Creek (HUC 020700090701)
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C84343May 31, 2020273% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]82723January 31, 2026188% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]04921October 31, 2006253% over the limit
Solids, total suspended61916February 29, 2016511% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant275February 29, 200480% over the limit
E. coli121December 31, 201427% over the limit
pH211May 31, 1999
Phosphorus, total [as P]440
Chlorine, total residual130
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]220
Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate220
BOD, 5-day, percent removal010
Solids, suspended percent removal010
Nitrogen, total [as N]400
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MD0065439.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MD0065439 for MILL BOTTOM WWTP in Frederick, MD, a Minor Discharger class facility that discharges to the MIDDLE POTOMAC RIVER and is administratively continued past its April 30, 2022 expiration date. The page lists 16 pollutants on file, of which 13 are under a numeric limit and 7 have an effluent exceedance.