Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0066974
CASCADES TISSUE GROUP - MARYLAND, LLC, Hagerstown, MD: NPDES MD0066974 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CASCADES TISSUE GROUP - MARYLAND, LLC, held by Cascades Canada Inc., holds NPDES permit MD0066974, which discharges to Upper Potomac River. EPA’s file records it issued August 6, 2010 and expiring August 31, 2015. 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 | CASCADES TISSUE GROUP - MARYLAND, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cascades Canada Inc. |
| NPDES ID | MD0066974 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 6, 2010 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Hagerstown, MD 21741 |
| Receiving water | UPPER POTOMAC RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Sharmans Branch-Antietam Creek (HUC 020700041009) |
| SIC | 2611 – Pulp Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDR000009712; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002404300220 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MD0066974.
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 MD0066974.
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.