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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD3225S03

CHARLOTTE HALL SQUARE, Charlotte Hall, MD: NPDES MD3225S03 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHARLOTTE HALL SQUARE, held by St Mary County Metropolitan Commission, holds NPDES permit MD3225S03, which discharges to Lower Patuxent River. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2021 and expiring April 30, 2026. 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 filedCHARLOTTE HALL SQUARE
Permittee as filedSt Mary County Metropolitan Commission
NPDES IDMD3225S03
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 1, 2021
Expiration dateApril 30, 2026
Issuing agencyMARYLAND DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AddressCharlotte Hall, MD 20622
Receiving waterLOWER PATUXENT RIVER
SubwatershedTrinity Church Run-Wicomico River (HUC 020700110501)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C16536August 31, 2013983% over the limit
Solids, total suspended16435August 31, 20132,167% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]178916December 31, 2025542% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]163115December 31, 2025530% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved16141December 19, 20158% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general16141December 19, 20152,147,483,650% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]17390
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1290
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]1260
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]16160
pH16130
Phosphate, total [as PO4]16130
Chloride [as Cl]16130
Nitrogen, organic total [as N]050
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]050

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MD3225S03.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MD3225S03 for CHARLOTTE HALL SQUARE in Charlotte Hall, MD, held by St Mary County Metropolitan Commission and discharging to the Lower Patuxent River. The permit is listed as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class, and the page reports 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's issue date and expiration date are shown as May 1, 2021 and April 30, 2026, with the status as of October 14, 2026.