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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD3778J12

PRESTON FORD INC. DBA PRESTON MAZDA, Hurlock, MD: NPDES MD3778J12 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PRESTON FORD INC. DBA PRESTON MAZDA, held by Preston Ford, Inc. DBA Preston Mazda, holds NPDES permit MD3778J12. EPA’s file records it issued November 5, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 filedPRESTON FORD INC. DBA PRESTON MAZDA
Permittee as filedPreston Ford, Inc. DBA Preston Mazda
NPDES IDMD3778J12
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 5, 2012
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2017
Issuing agencyMaryland Department of The Environment
AddressHurlock, MD 21643
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHunting Creek (HUC 020600050303)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Dichloromethane0290
Carbon tetrachloride0290
1,2-Dichloroethane0290
Bromoform0290
Dibromochloromethane0290
Chloroform0290
Toluene0290
Benzene0290
Chlorobenzene0290
Ethylbenzene0290
1,1-Dichloroethane0290
1,1,1-Trichloroethane0290
1,1,2-Trichloroethane0290
1,2-Dichlorobenzene0290
1,2-Dichloropropane0290
1,4-Dichlorobenzene0290
Vinyl chloride0290
Bromodichloromethane0290
Volatile Organic Compound [VOC]0290
Flow0290
trans-1,2-Dichloroethene0290
Tetrachloroethene0290
Trichloroethene0290
Hydrocarbons, total petroleum0290

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MD3778J12.

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 MD3778J12.

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

The Clean Water Act discharge permit issued to Preston Ford, Inc. DBA Preston Mazda in Hurlock, Maryland, is one of 5 state-issued individual permits on EPA's NPDES register in Dorchester County, and 100.0% of those permits have a violation on file. Among the 6 NPDES permits in the Hunting Creek subwatershed, this permit is included in that count, and 40.0% of the 5 Dorchester County state-issued individual permits carry an earlier issue date than this one. The permit records zero pollutants under a numeric limit and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.