Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0067857
AQUACULTURE HOLDINGS LLC, Cordova, MD: NPDES MD0067857 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AQUACULTURE HOLDINGS LLC, held by ALLEN FAMILY FOODS, INC, holds NPDES permit MD0067857, which discharges to Tuckahoe Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2005 and expiring April 30, 2010. 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 | AQUACULTURE HOLDINGS LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALLEN FAMILY FOODS, INC |
| NPDES ID | MD0067857 |
| 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 | May 1, 2005 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | MDE |
| Address | Cordova, MD 21625 |
| Receiving water | TUCKAHOE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Jadwins Creek-Tuckahoe Creek (HUC 020600050105) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDD064894025; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002404100058 |
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
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 426 | 22 | March 31, 2019 | 562% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 189 | 9 | April 30, 2015 | 42% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 318 | 6 | August 31, 2008 | 470% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 20 | 219 | 4 | August 31, 2008 | 88% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 214 | 4 | March 31, 2010 | 39% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 83 | 1 | November 30, 2011 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 40 | 1 | November 30, 2011 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 272 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 194 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 109 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 9 | 103 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 4 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 15 | 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 MD0067857.
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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