Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0069019
MUSHROOM CANNING COMPANY, Cambridge, MD: NPDES MD0069019 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MUSHROOM CANNING COMPANY, held by The MUSHROOM COMPANY, holds NPDES permit MD0069019, which discharges to Lower Choptank River. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2017 and expiring August 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 | MUSHROOM CANNING COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | The MUSHROOM COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | MD0069019 |
| 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 | July 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of The Enivronment |
| Address | Cambridge, MD 21613 |
| Receiving water | LOWER CHOPTANK RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Little Blackwater River (HUC 020801100202) |
| SIC | 2033 – Canned Fruits And Vegetables |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source MD0000002401900017 |
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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 1 | 22 | 4 | August 31, 2013 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 59 | 3 | January 31, 2014 | 810% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 40 | 2 | December 31, 2014 | 22% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 146 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 86 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 32 | 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 MD0069019.
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.