Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0070751
NICHOLSON J. LAWRENCE LANDFILL, Chestertown, MD: NPDES MD0070751 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 35Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NICHOLSON J. LAWRENCE LANDFILL, held by Kent County Dept of Public Works, holds NPDES permit MD0070751. EPA’s file records it issued March 14, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | NICHOLSON J. LAWRENCE LANDFILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kent County Dept of Public Works |
| NPDES ID | MD0070751 |
| 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 | March 14, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of the Environment |
| Address | Chestertown, MD 21620 |
| Subwatershed | Fairlee Creek-Upper Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600020502) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDD980706659 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 35Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 242 | 216 | June 30, 2025 | 2,915% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 87 | 60 | December 31, 2024 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 65 | 39 | February 28, 2026 | 17,567% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Organics, tot purgeables [Method 624] | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethene | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen sulfide | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dichloromethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromodichloromethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 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 MD0070751.
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 September 15, 2026.