Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0863T08
WICOMICO SHORES WWTP, California, MD: NPDES MD0863T08 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WICOMICO SHORES WWTP, held by St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission, holds NPDES permit MD0863T08. EPA’s file records it issued August 8, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | WICOMICO SHORES WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission |
| NPDES ID | MD0863T08 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 8, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of the Environment |
| Address | California, MD 20619 |
| Subwatershed | Budds Creek-Wicomico River (HUC 020700110502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 50 | 50 | April 30, 2025 | 86% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2016 | |
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as NO2] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 10 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 10 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 10 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, total [as PO4] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 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 MD0863T08.
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.