Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0066745
PLEASANT VALLEY WWTP, Westminster, MD: NPDES MD0066745 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLEASANT VALLEY WWTP, held by Bureau of Utilities, holds NPDES permit MD0066745, which discharges to Middle Potomac Riverp. EPA’s file records it issued June 27, 2017 and expiring July 31, 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 VALLEY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Bureau of Utilities |
| NPDES ID | MD0066745 |
| 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 | June 27, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Address | Westminster, MD 21158 |
| Receiving water | MIDDLE POTOMAC RIVERP |
| Subwatershed | Lower Big Pipe Creek-Double Pipe Creek (HUC 020700090405) |
| 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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 1 | 10 | 10 | August 31, 2024 | 495% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 4 | July 31, 2025 | 116% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2023 | 89% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2025 | 23% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 2026 | 65% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 2026 | 16% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 MD0066745.
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.